CVE-2026-12244

Heap overflow and crash with crafted SVCB RR

Published Jun 25, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
If NSD is configured as secondary for a zone, the primary of that zone can crash NSD with an AXFR containing a DNS message with a special crafted SVCB RR with an rdata size of 65512, that let's an (uint16_t) variable that is used to allocate space needed for the RR wrap (because total size > 65535), causing a heap overflow. The attacker can perform a controlled (RCE class) head write of up to 65509 bytes

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed starting with version 4.14.3.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8474-1 NSD vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs nsd
Vendors & Products Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs nsd
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description If NSD is configured as secondary for a zone, the primary of that zone can crash NSD with an AXFR containing a DNS message with a special crafted SVCB RR with an rdata size of 65512, that let's an (uint16_t) variable that is used to allocate space needed for the RR wrap (because total size > 65535), causing a heap overflow. The attacker can perform a controlled (RCE class) head write of up to 65509 bytes
Title Heap overflow and crash with crafted SVCB RR
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
NLnet Labs
Published
Updated
Jun 25, 2026, 12:45 PM
Reserved
Jun 15, 2026, 6:46 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 25, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 11:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jun 25, 2026, 12:00 AM