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CVE-2017-9430
Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have…
Critical9.8EPSS 11.4%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a command line with a long name argument that is mishandled in a strcpy call for argv[0]. An example threat model is a web application that launches dnstracer with an untrusted name string.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.4% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 42115 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 42424 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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