CVE-2017-15094
An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.30% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401, CWE-772
- Affected
- powerdns/recursor
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.