CVE-2025-30195

A crafted zone can lead to an illegal memory access in the PowerDNS Recursor

Published Apr 7, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Processing and caching results for these sets can lead to an illegal memory accesses and crash of the Recursor, causing a denial of service.

The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 5.2.1 version.

We would like to thank Volodymyr Ilyin for bringing this issue to our attention.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-10022 An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Processing and caching results for these sets can lead to an illegal memory accesses and crash of the Recursor, causing a denial of service. The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 5.2.1 version. We would like to thank Volodymyr Ilyin for bringing this issue to our attention.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Processing and caching results for these sets can lead to an illegal memory accesses and crash of the Recursor, causing a denial of service. The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 5.2.1 version. We would like to thank Volodymyr Ilyin for bringing this issue to our attention.
Title A crafted zone can lead to an illegal memory access in the PowerDNS Recursor
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Published
Updated
Apr 7, 2025, 4:03 PM
Reserved
Mar 18, 2025, 8:39 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Apr 7, 2025, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:08 AM