CVE-2023-49441 (GCVE-0-2023-49441)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-06 21:20 – Updated: 2025-03-14 15:19
VLAI
Summary
dnsmasq 2.9 is vulnerable to Integer Overflow via forward_query.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-18 18:34 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
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