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CVE-2017-15107

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15107 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Dnsmasq versions up to and including 2.78, specifically within its DNSSEC implementation. An attacker could exploit this flaw to improperly interpret wildcard synthesized NSEC records, leading to the false assertion that existing hostnames do not exist. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this network-exploitable vulnerability has a high impact on integrity, though it requires no user interaction or privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.78CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15107Moderate

dnsmasq: Improper validation of wildcard synthesized NSEC records

Jan 19, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00027.html
lists.thekelleys.org.uk / pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2018q1/011896.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102812
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry