CVE-2018-5742

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-617

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 30, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-5742: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix