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CVE-2021-45957

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.45% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-01-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2021-45957
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.45%

Original NVD Description

Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in answer_request (called from FuzzAnswerTheRequest and fuzz_rfc1035.c). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.