CVE-2018-16855

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Published Dec 3, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 58.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

[UNKNOWN]

pdns-recursor

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.1.8`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 58.6% (58.577% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16855
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-09.html

History

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Subscriptions

Powerdns Recursor

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:32 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Dec 3, 2018, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:32 AM
Reserved: Sep 11, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:44 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 3, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:44 AM

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