Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.16, readcharacter_string and readstring in src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py advanced self.offset by attacker-declared RDLENGTH without checking it against self.datalen, allowing unauthenticated hosts on the local link over UDP/5353 (224.0.0.251 / ff02::fb) to send a TXT, HINFO, or A/AAAA record with rdlength=65535 and seed DNSCache and ServiceInfo.properties with truncated, attacker-shaped key/value or address records. This issue is fixed in version 0.149.16.
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"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-130"
]
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