An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2
Published Jun 18, 2020
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.85%
Description
An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. It overruns reading a buffer if a domain ends with backslash. If the query domain ended with \, and adns_qf_quoteok_query was specified, qdparselabel would read additional bytes from the buffer and try to treat them as the escape sequence. It would depart the input buffer and start processing many bytes of arbitrary heap data as if it were the query domain. Eventually it would run out of input or find some other kind of error, and declare the query domain invalid. But before then it might outrun available memory and crash. In principle this could be a denial of service attack.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 31
- 32
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01848) | 78.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01848) | 76.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00531) | 65.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00251) | 65.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00251) | 64.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00251) | 61.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 33.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=changelog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRVHN3GGVNQWAOL3PWC5FLAV7HUESLZR/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGFZ4SPV6KFQK6ZNUZFB5Y32OYFOM5YJ/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=changelog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRVHN3GGVNQWAOL3PWC5FLAV7HUESLZR/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGFZ4SPV6KFQK6ZNUZFB5Y32OYFOM5YJ/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory |
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