INDI (Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface) indiserver through 2.2.4.2, fixed in commit 96bbd7f, contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the daemon by sending malformed XML with mismatched tags whose names exceed 1024 bytes. Attackers can send a single TCP packet on port 7624 with mismatched XML tags to trigger an unbounded sprintf() write into a fixed 1024-byte stack buffer in MsgQueue.cpp, terminating the daemon and disrupting all active client and driver sessions.
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Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000
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| Description | INDI (Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface) indiserver through 2.2.4.2, fixed in commit 96bbd7f, contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the daemon by sending malformed XML with mismatched tags whose names exceed 1024 bytes. Attackers can send a single TCP packet on port 7624 with mismatched XML tags to trigger an unbounded sprintf() write into a fixed 1024-byte stack buffer in MsgQueue.cpp, terminating the daemon and disrupting all active client and driver sessions. | |
| Title | INDI indiserver 2.2.4.2 Stack Buffer Overflow via XML Tag Parsing | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-08-17T17:40:38.095Z
Reserved: 2026-08-08T16:43:04.178Z
Link: CVE-2026-71979
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-17T18:18:12.370
Modified: 2026-08-17T18:18:12.370
Link: CVE-2026-71979
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Updated: 2026-08-17T18:30:04Z
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