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lwip — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-112062

lwIP through 2.2.1 contains a stack out-of-bounds write vulnerability in mdns_handle_response that allows adjacent attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending mDNS responses with invalid domain names. Attackers on the local link can send multicast PTR answers with oversized RDLENGTH or SRV answers with RDLENGTH below 6 during a service search, overflowing a 256-byte stack buffer and crashing the device.

Products
lwip
Affected versions
2.1.3+dfsg1-2, 2.1.3+dfsg1-3, 2.1.3+dfsg1-4, 2.2.0+dfsg1-1, 2.2.0+dfsg1-2, 2.2.0+dfsg1-3, 2.2.0+dfsg1-4, 2.2.0+dfsg1-5, 2.2.0+dfsg1-6, 2.2.0+dfsg1-6.1, 2.2.0+dfsg1-6.1~exp1, 2.2.0+dfsg1-7, 2.2.0+dfsg1-8, 2.2.0+dfsg1-9, 2.2.1+dfsg1-1, 2.2.1+dfsg1-1+deb13u1, 2.2.1+dfsg1-2, 2.2.1+dfsg1-3, 2.2.1+dfsg1-4, 2.2.1+dfsg1-5, 2.2.1+dfsg1-6, 2.2.1+dfsg1-7, 2.2.1+dfsg1-8
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-112062
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 02:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-112062

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2026, 13:16 UTC

lwIP through 2.2.1 contains a stack out-of-bounds write vulnerability in mdns_handle_response that allows adjacent attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending mDNS responses with invalid domain names. Attackers on the local link can send multicast PTR answers with oversized RDLENGTH or SRV answers with RDLENGTH below 6 during a service search, overflowing a 256-byte stack buffer and crashing the device.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-112062

lwip

Fixed versions: Not specified

lwip

Fixed versions: Not specified

lwip

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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