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Critical · 9.4 CVE-2026-1678 EUVD-2026-9792

dns: memory‑safety issue in the DNS name parser

Published Mar 5, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by zephyr

Description

dns_unpack_name() caches the buffer tailroom once and reuses it while appending DNS labels. As the buffer grows, the cached size becomes incorrect, and the final null terminator can be written past the buffer. With assertions disabled (default), a malicious DNS response can trigger an out-of-bounds write when CONFIG_DNS_RESOLVER is enabled.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr — —

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