Buffer overflow in Maradns

CVE-2011-0520

The compress_add_dlabel_points function in dns/Compress.c in MaraDNS 1.4.03, 1.4.05, and probably other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DNS hostname with a large number of labels, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.052 (92.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2011-0520: held from 0.052 to 0.052.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.052 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Maradns — versions 1.4.03, 1.4.05

Weakness classification (CWE)

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