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CVE-2008-5277

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5277 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PowerDNS versions prior to 2.9.21.2, where a remote attacker can crash the daemon by sending a specially crafted CH HINFO query. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.21.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.99.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.99.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.99.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.99.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0338 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5277Low

pdns: DoS (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.

Nov 18, 2008

References

doc.powerdns.com / powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/32979
secunia.com / advisories/33264
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47076
securityfocus.com / bid/32627