7.5

CVE-2012-2979: freebsd name_server_daemon

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-2979
Published 01-11-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2979 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in freebsd name_server_daemon. EPSS estimates a 1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11100-1

Timeline

  1. 01-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.74% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.74%

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

Freebsd1 product
Nsd31 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • nsd< 4.0.0-5

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links