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CVE-2012-2978
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 9.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- certcc
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 58 days later
· 58 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 84097 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#624931 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2012-2978.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 49795 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 49997 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2515 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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