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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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00576,"percentile":0.47853,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-121"],"published":"2026-08-17T17:40:38Z","modified":"2026-10-28T11:22:47Z","products":[{"vendor":"indilib","product":"indi"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/indilib/indi/issues/2472","tags":["issue-tracking","exploit","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/indilib/indi/commit/96bbd7f564bbb128a129019e44eadd40dd49cff9","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/indi-indiserver-stack-buffer-overflow-via-xml-tag-parsing","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71979","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpc6-j92g-4x56"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71979.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/indilib/indi","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-71979","title":"INDI indiserver 2.2.4.2 Stack Buffer Overflow via XML Tag Parsing","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. 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