CVE-2026-112063

libstrophe through 0.14.0 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via SCRAM Salt in SCRAM_Hi

Published Oct 18, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
libstrophe through 0.14.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SCRAM_Hi that allows malicious XMPP servers to overflow a 128-byte stack buffer by sending an oversized SCRAM salt. Attackers can send a server-first-message whose s= attribute decodes to more than 124 bytes, aborting the client or overwriting stack memory in NDEBUG builds.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Strophe
Strophe libstrophe
Vendors & Products Strophe
Strophe libstrophe
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Description libstrophe through 0.14.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SCRAM_Hi that allows malicious XMPP servers to overflow a 128-byte stack buffer by sending an oversized SCRAM salt. Attackers can send a server-first-message whose s= attribute decodes to more than 124 bytes, aborting the client or overwriting stack memory in NDEBUG builds.
Title libstrophe through 0.14.0 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via SCRAM Salt in SCRAM_Hi
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 19, 2026, 7:38 PM
Reserved
Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 18, 2026, 1:16 PM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 9:14 PM