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Priority MEDIUM 64

Dnsmasq-utils 2.79-1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp_release utility that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying excessive input.

CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9 Local No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00207 Published 2026-02-05 Fix deferred CWE-121
Priority LOW 37

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 th…

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.02683 Published 2026-05-11 Partial fix · 2.92rel2
Priority LOW 33

dnsmasqs extract_name() function can be abused to cause a heap buffer overflow, allowing an attacker to inject false DNS cache entries, which could result in DNS lookups to redirect to an attacker-controlled IP address,…

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00611 Published 2026-05-11 Partial fix · 2.92rel2
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