Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-18224

critical

CVE-2019-18224

libidn2: heap-based buffer overflow in idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Amazon (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.12libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.13libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.14libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.15libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.16libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.17libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.18libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.19libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.20libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.21libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.22libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.23libidn22.1.1-r0
Show all 33 entries from 27 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.12libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.13libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.14libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.15libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.16libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.17libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.18libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.19libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.20libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.21libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.22libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.23libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine 3.24libidn22.1.1-r0
alpine edgelibidn22.1.1-r0
amazon linux 1idn22.3.0-1.4.amzn1
amazon linux 1libidn22.3.0-1.4.amzn1
amazon linux 1libidn2-debuginfo2.3.0-1.4.amzn1
amazon linux 1libidn2-devel2.3.0-1.4.amzn1
amazon linux 2idn22.3.0-1.amzn2
amazon linux 2libidn22.3.0-1.amzn2
amazon linux 2libidn2-debuginfo2.3.0-1.amzn2
amazon linux 2libidn2-devel2.3.0-1.amzn2
chainguardlibidn20
debian 10libidn22.0.5-1+deb10u1
debian 11libidn22.2.0-1
debian 12libidn22.2.0-1
debian 13libidn22.2.0-1
debian 14libidn22.2.0-1
echolibidn22.2.0-1
ubuntu 18.04libidn22.0.4-1.1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibidn22.0.4-1.1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 19.04libidn22.0.5-1ubuntu0.3
wolfilibidn20

References

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