VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5742

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

Primary references