CVE 8.7 HIGH

Heap overflow and crash with crafted SVCB RR_CVE-2026-12244

8.7 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

If NSD is configured as secondary for a zone, the primary of that zone can crash NSD with an AXFR containing a DNS message with a special crafted SVCB RR with an rdata size of 65512, that let's an (uint16_t) variable that is used to allocate space needed for the RR wrap (because total size > 65535), causing a heap overflow. The attacker can perform a controlled (RCE class) head write of up to 65509 bytes

AI Analysis

Heap overflow and remote code execution vulnerability in NSD via crafted SVCB RR

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-12244
Source NLnet Labs
Published Jun 25, 2026 at 05:24

Affected Product

Vendor NLnet Labs
Product NSD
Version 4.14.0
Affected Versions NLnet Labs NSD 4.14.0

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 8.7 / 10
AI Severity High
Vendor NLnet Labs
Product NSD
Version 4.14.0

References

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