Last updated 4 July 2026

Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.

A stack overflow vulnerability in the catopen function was found, causing applications which pass long strings to the catopen function to crash or, potentially execute arbitrary code.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=17905

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/153

An integer overflow vulnerability was found in hcreate and hcreater which can result in an out-of-bound memory access. This could lead to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=18240

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/153

It was found that out-of-range time values passed to the strftime function may cause it to crash, leading to a denial of service, or potentially disclosure information.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=18985

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/153

An unspecified flaw was found in the Libraries component in OpenJDK. ObjectInputStream's readSerialData() could, in certain cases, incorrectly perform deserialization of data from serialized input. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.