CVE-2009-4009
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 17.6%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 17.6% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3980)
- Published
- January 8, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3980 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
- powerdns / recursor
References
- http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2010-01.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38004
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38068(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023403
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508743/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37650(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0054(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552285
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55438
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00217.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00228.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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