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CVE-2016-2120

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.00%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-11-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-2120
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.00%

Original NVD Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control then sending a DNS query for that record. The issue is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.