CVE-2021-36754
mediumpriority · attend · 53EPSS 0.649 · 99 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
64.9% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 before 4.5.1 allows anybody to crash the process by sending a specific query (QTYPE 65535) that causes an out-of-bounds exception.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- powerdns authoritative server4.5.0 → 4.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/26/2cnnvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/index.htmlcnnvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2021-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021072615cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021072707cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/26/2enisa_euvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/index.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2021-01.htmlenisa_euvd
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