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CVE-2012-2978: nlnetlabs nsd

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-2978DSA-2515-1
Published 27-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2978 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in nlnetlabs nsd. EPSS estimates a 9.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

query.c in NSD 3.0.x through 3.0.8, 3.1.x through 3.1.1, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and child process crash) via a crafted DNS packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

9.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 9.23% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
9.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • nsd3< 3.2.5-1.squeeze2
Nlnetlabs1 product
  • nsd3.0.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.10
Ubuntu1 product
  • nsd< 4.0.0-5

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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