CVE-2018-16855 HIGH

CVE-2018-16855

Vendor [Unknown]
Product pdns-recursor
Weakness CWE-125
Published December 3, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor before version 4.1.8 where a remote attacker sending a DNS query can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache lookup, possibly leading to a crash.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 3, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated