What is CVE-2024-33655?

CVE-2024-33655 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-33655?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-33655 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in N/a

CVE-2024-33655

The DNS protocol in RFC 1035 and updates allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by arranging for DNS queries to be accumulated for seconds, such that responses are later sent in a pulsing burst (which can be considered traffic amplification in some cases), aka the "DNSBomb" issue.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-33655?: CVE-2024-33655 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-33655?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-33655 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.