CVE-2019-18224
idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long domain string.
02 Description
idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long domain string.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-21 16:21Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 06:54Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 36178232c73b5da21f53670274f1b44277403cb196caaf40d1182e4bf30aa5c2
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/libidn/libidn2/compare/libidn2-2.1.0...libidn2-2.1.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/libidn/libidn2/commit/e4d1558aa2c1c04a05066ee8600f37603890ba8c
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=12420
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4168-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4168-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a8d35fcf7chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDQVQ2XPV5BTZUFINT7AFJSKNNBVURNJ/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-d3221d69e0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MINU5RKDFE6TKAFY5DRFN3WSFDS4DYVS/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2611http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2613http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00008.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4613https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4613
- seclists.org20200203 [SECURITY] [DSA 4613-1] libidn2 security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/4
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-63https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-63
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libidn2 Fixed in 2.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libidn2 Fixed in 2.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libidn2 Fixed in 2.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libidn2 Fixed in 2.0.4-1.1ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libidn2-0 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- libidn2-0 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.