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CVE-2019-25035

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-25035 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Unbound versions prior to 1.9.5, specifically within the sldns_bget_token_par function, affecting Debian and NLnet Labs Unbound distributions. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, allowing for potential high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploitable. Despite the vendor disputing its exploitability in a running Unbound instance, the high community discussion (10 mentions) suggests significant interest. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: unbound-0:1.7.3-15.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: unbound-0:1.7.3-12.el8_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-25035Moderate

unbound: out-of-bounds write in sldns_bget_token_par

Dec 11, 2019

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ostif.org / our-audit-of-unbound-dns-by-x41-d-sec-full-results
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210507-0007
Third Party Advisory