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Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-12969

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in dnsmasq's find_soa() function in src/rfc1035.c. When parsing NS section records, extract_name() is called with extrabytes=0, failing to validate that 10 additional bytes exist for fixed-length DNS record fields. A remote attacker controlling a DNS zone can exploit this via a crafted NXDOMAIN response to cause a 10-byte heap out-of-bounds read, potentially accessing stale data from prior transactions.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 16.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
Products affected by CVE-2026-12969


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