{"id":"CVE-2017-15107","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15107","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:27:00.911Z","title":"A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78.","description":"A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.","published":"2018-01-23T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","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:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-358"],"affected":["thekelleys/dnsmasq"],"epss":{"score":0.02646,"percentile":0.85527,"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 (2.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00027.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2018q1/011896.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102812","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00027.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2018q1/011896.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102812","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15107","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."}