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CVE-2012-0024

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0024 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MaraDNS versions prior to 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.08. This flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU resources by sending specially crafted DNS queries that trigger predictable hash collisions. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.07.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.08CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maradns:maradns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/13
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
samiam.org / blog/20111229.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory