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CVE-2026-5172

AI Predicted 7.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.08% · P23

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1AI

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application

Affected Version Matrix 1

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
dnsmasqdnsmasq2.92rel2affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-5172

Vulnerability Information

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Vulnerability Title
CVE-2026-5172
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow in dnsmasq’s extract_addresses() function allows an attacker to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read and crash by exploiting a malformed DNS response, enabling extract_name() to advance the pointer past the record’s end.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
DNSmasq 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
DNSmasq是Simon Kelley个人开发者的一个DNS配置工具。 dnsmasq存在安全漏洞,该漏洞源于extract_addresses函数中的缓冲区溢出,允许攻击者通过利用格式错误的DNS响应触发基于堆的越界读取并导致崩溃,使extract_name函数将指针推进到记录末尾之后。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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dnsmasqdnsmasq 2.92rel2 -

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