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CVE-2026-2291

HIGH CVSS: 7.3 Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-07-20

Description

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, or to cause a DoS.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

Unknown

References