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CVE-2026-85977: A flaw was found in libtirpc. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted...

MEDIUM CVSS 5.3 Exploit Available

Published: October 16, 2026 | Last Modified: October 16, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libtirpc. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted PMAPPROC_DUMP replies to a client application that uses the pmap_getmaps() function against an attacker-controlled host. This unbounded decoding can lead to excessive memory and CPU allocation, causing the client process to experience a Denial of Service (DoS) due to resource exhaustion.

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