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CVE-2009-1086

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1086 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the ldns_rr_new_frm_str_internal function within ldns 1.4.x, affecting nlnetlabs ldns. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a malformed DNS resource record with an excessively long class or TTL field. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:ldns:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:ldns:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0347 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/35013
secunia.com / advisories/35065
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1795
nlnetlabs.nl / bugs/show_bug.cgi
nlnetlabs.nl / svn/ldns/tags/release-1.5.0/Changelog
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/4
securityfocus.com / bid/34233