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CVE-2026-12245

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 77/100
Published: 2026-06-25 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

NSD from version 4.13.0 has a heap use-after-free bug in logging errors on TLS connections, causing a crash of the server process, which can be triggered trivially by sending a DNS query over a DoT connection, and closing the connection without reading the response.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
nlnetlabs nsd 4.13.0 – 4.14.3

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

77 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.46%
Raw Score 0.004600
Percentile 39.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00460
2026-10-28
0.00460

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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