Is CVE-2007-3409 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-3409 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-3409?

CVE-2007-3409 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-3409

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD

Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS packet with self-referencing pointers, which triggers an infinite loop.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-674
EPSS score: 3.5% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-3395)
Published: June 26, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3395 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 17, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
net-dns / net

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc(Broken Link)
http://osvdb.org/37054(Broken Link)
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25829(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26012(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26014(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26055(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26075(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26211(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26417(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29354(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html(Release Notes)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/(Broken Link)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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