Contiki-NG DNS/mDNS Resolver Out-of-Bounds Read via Unchecked skip_name Traversal Before Transaction-ID Validation
CVSS score
7.1
EPSS probability
%0.3
Risk score
0.0
Published
2 mo ago
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Vulnerability description
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CVE-2026-5856 has vendor, distribution, patch and security-source records on file. We can compare them and prepare an explanation linked to the evidence.
Contiki-NG's DNS/mDNS resolver skip_name() in os/services/resolv/resolv.c walks DNS wire-format name labels with no packet-boundary check, and the caller in newdata() invokes it in a loop iterating nquestions times from the attacker-controlled DNS header before validating the transaction ID. An attacker who sets nquestions higher than the number of complete questions present causes skip_name() to walk past the UDP packet buffer, and the returned pointer is cast to struct dns_answer * for further memory reads. On builds with RESOLV_CONF_SUPPORTS_MDNS enabled, any peer on the local segment can trigger the read unauthenticated via a multicast UDP 5353 packet with no outstanding query required; on standard DNS builds an attacker who can inject a UDP response from port 53 during an outstanding query can trigger the same read. Impact is out-of-bounds read of uip_buf and adjacent memory, disclosing memory contents or crashing the resolver.
IMPACT: Affected Products and Software
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-5856 vulnerability. Where our threat engine knows the exact affected versions, they are listed below.
| ID | VENDOR | PRODUCT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contiki-NG | Contiki-NG | View |
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| SCORE | VERSION | SEVERITY | VECTOR | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | CVSS V3_1 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L | CVE CNA |
| 7.1 | CVSS V4_0 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CVE CNA |
| 7.1 | CVSS V31 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L | NVD |
| 7.1 | CVSS V40 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD |
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