Improper Bounds Checking in Dnsmasq Allows Remote Code Execution

Improper Bounds Checking in Dnsmasq Allows Remote Code Execution

CVE-2019-14513 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Improper bounds checking in Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows an attacker controlled DNS server to send large DNS packets that result in a read operation beyond the buffer allocated for the packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14491.

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