VDB
CVE-2018-16855
CVE-2018-16855
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 58.58% · 99.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
58.58%
99.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | pdns-recursor | 0, 4.0.6-1, 4.0.6-1build1 |
Timeline
- Dec 3, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16855 third-party-advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-09.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16855 third-party-advisory