CVE-2017-14062

critical
Published 2017-08-31 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Integer overflow in the decode_digit function in puny_decode.c in Libidn2 before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14062

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14062.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://gitlab.com/libidn/libidn2/commit/3284eb342cd0ed1a18786e3fcdf0cdd7e76676bd

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://gitlab.com/libidn/libidn2/blob/master/NEWS

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.33-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.33-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.33-2
debian debiansidfixed1.33-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.33-2
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected
debian debian10.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnulibidn2{"endExcluding":"2.0.4"}2.0.4

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.