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CVE-2017-15094

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15094 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting PowerDNS Recursor versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.6. It occurs during DNSSEC parsing when specially crafted ECDSA keys are processed, but only if DNSSEC validation is enabled. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a high attack complexity and could lead to a denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, suggesting a low current threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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

doc.powerdns.com / recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.html
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101982
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry