CVE-2018-20994 describes an infinite recursion vulnerability in the trust-dns-proto crate for Rust, specifically versions prior to 0.5.0-alpha.3, due to mishandling of DNS message compression. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability (denial of service). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trust-dns-proto_project:trust-dns-proto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trust-dns-proto_project:trust-dns-proto:0.5.0:alpha.1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trust-dns-proto_project:trust-dns-proto:0.5.0:alpha.2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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