Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Affecting libidn package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBIDN-17660775
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed23 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-57053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input due to improper handling in the idna_to_unicode_internal process. An attacker can cause information disclosure or application crashes by triggering out-of-bounds reads of uninitialized memory through crafted input to the ToUnicode APIs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1