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
Published: 2026-06-25
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed starting with version 4.14.3.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8474-1 NSD vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs nsd
Vendors & Products Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs nsd
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
Title Heap overflow and crash with crafted SVCB RR
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-25T12:45:34.403Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T06:46:44.866Z

Link: CVE-2026-12244

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T12:45:30.211Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T13:15:03Z

Weaknesses