VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-2494

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-03-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references