{"cve":"CVE-2026-5172","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-11T18:16:41.920","modified":"2026-08-24T13:19:12.803","status":"Awaiting Analysis","description":"A buffer overflow in dnsmasq’s extract_addresses() function allows an attacker to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read and crash by exploiting a malformed DNS response, enabling extract_name() to advance the pointer past the record’s end.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":7.3},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519082","https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519093","https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/tag/v6.6.2","https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2026q2/018471.html","https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CVE/"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-5172","score":0.02683,"percentile":0.85834,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}