mtr is vulnerable to Out-of-bound read vulnerability in ipinfo_lookup() function. An attacker who can influence the TXT response used for AS lookups can trigger this bug by returning a DNS response that is larger than 512 bytes and uses a crafted compression pointer in the answer NAME field. ipinfo_lookup() function uses the length of the response as the end-of-message boundary for dn_expand() function. The result is a reliable crash. This issue exists in the mtr through version 0.96 and it was fixed in commit 48e1794414d338ce47abc0f27c25ade8788af9c3.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-823
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


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First Time appeared Bitwizard
Bitwizard mtr
Vendors & Products Bitwizard
Bitwizard mtr

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description mtr is vulnerable to Out-of-bound read vulnerability in ipinfo_lookup() function. An attacker who can influence the TXT response used for AS lookups can trigger this bug by returning a DNS response that is larger than 512 bytes and uses a crafted compression pointer in the answer NAME field. ipinfo_lookup() function uses the length of the response as the end-of-message boundary for dn_expand() function. The result is a reliable crash. This issue exists in the mtr through version 0.96 and it was fixed in commit 48e1794414d338ce47abc0f27c25ade8788af9c3.
Title Out-of-bound read in mtr
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2026-07-10T10:38:28.947Z

Updated: 2026-07-10T13:14:54.068Z

Reserved: 2026-07-02T08:57:32.810Z

Link: CVE-2026-14461

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-10T13:14:50.409Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-07-10T11:16:32.823

Modified: 2026-07-10T19:22:17.323

Link: CVE-2026-14461

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-10T10:38:28Z

Links: CVE-2026-14461 - Bugzilla