CVE-2021-45957

Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in answer_request (called from FuzzAnswerTheRequest and fuzz_rfc1035.c). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.

• CWE-787

• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35920Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/dnsmasq/OSV-2021-935.yamlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016162.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016164.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35920Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/dnsmasq/OSV-2021-935.yamlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016162.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016164.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 1, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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