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CVE-2018-5742

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.57%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-10-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-5742
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.57%

Original NVD 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.