CVE-2014-0486
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
02 Description
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-03-27 16:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 798a717fc61bfe7da38487915364940df289188e8fe213e5a23c91cd8e73a94c
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.labs.nic.czhttps://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns/issues/294
- www.securityfocus.com70097http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70097
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comknotdns-cve20140486-dos(96185)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96185
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- knot Fixed in 1.5.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- knot Fixed in 1.5.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- knot Fixed in 1.5.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.