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CVE-2006-4251

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 8.44%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-11-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2006-4251
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
8.44%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TCP DNS query that prevents Recursor from properly calculating the TCP DNS query length.