{"id":"CVE-2017-14339","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14339","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:24:56.908Z","title":"The DNS packet parser in YADIFA before 2.2.6 does not check for the presence of infinite pointer loops, and thus it is possible to force it to enter an infinite loop.","description":"The DNS packet parser in YADIFA before 2.2.6 does not check for the presence of infinite pointer loops, and thus it is possible to force it to enter an infinite loop. This can cause high CPU usage and makes the server unresponsive.","published":"2017-09-20T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":["yadifa/yadifa"],"epss":{"score":0.02528,"percentile":0.8481,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4001","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa/blob/v2.2.6/ChangeLog","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.tarlogic.com/blog/fuzzing-yadifa-dns/","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4001","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa/blob/v2.2.6/ChangeLog","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.tarlogic.com/blog/fuzzing-yadifa-dns/","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14339","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}