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CVE-2018-16855

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 59.47%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-12-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-16855
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
59.47%

Original NVD Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor before version 4.1.8 where a remote attacker sending a DNS query can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache lookup, possibly leading to a crash.