CVE-2008-4194

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.069 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

6.93% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

The p_exec_query function in src/dns_query.c in pdnsd before 1.2.7-par allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long DNS reply with many entries in the answer section, related to a "dangling pointer bug."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-399USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-6122BIND 9.4.1 < 9.4.2 - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-6123BIND 9.x - Remote DNS Cache Poisoningfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-6130BIND 9.x - Remote DNS Cache Poisoningfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
pdnsd pdnsd≤ 1.2.6-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.10-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.11-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.11a-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.7anvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.8b1-par4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.8b1-par5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.8b1-par6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.8b1-par7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.8b1-par8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.1.9-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.2-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.2.1_parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.2.4-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdnsd pdnsd= 1.2.5-parnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-09-24modified 2026-06-16

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references (8)

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