VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-10851

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability6.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-11-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-772

Primary references