Deadwood before 2.3.09, 3.x before 3.2.05, and as used in MaraDNS before 1.4.14 and 2.x before 2.0.09, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) by leveraging permission to perform recursive queries against Deadwood, related to missing input validation
Published Mar 20, 2018
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.90%
Description
Deadwood before 2.3.09, 3.x before 3.2.05, and as used in MaraDNS before 1.4.14 and 2.x before 2.0.09, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) by leveraging permission to perform recursive queries against Deadwood, related to missing input validation.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 1.4.14
- ≥ 2.0.05 · < 2.0.09
Configuration 2
- < 2.3.09
- ≥ 3.0.01 · < 3.2.05
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01901) | 78.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01978) | 77.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 82.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 81.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 80.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 20, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 78.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00613) | 75.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2023 | 0.88% (0.00875) | 80.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00868) | 79.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00754) | 78.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://samiam.org/blog/2014-02-12.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/15 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65595 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029771 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066609 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91204 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://samiam.org/blog/2014-02-12.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/15 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65595 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029771 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066609 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91204 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
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