Security advisory

{
  "id": "5cb715763cf477ca54b6da49d27cb4f29161c0112bd2def824864ebe46c39b82",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10851",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-10851",
    "summary": "PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-10851",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-10851",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-10851"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/powerdns/pdns",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "018b331fd5059ccf9028d95a29d90f623da7dd1d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0a98a51fb1fbf90922f2edf7e47f3a9a050e2ddf"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "ded69cde032b74b1e64f1a4b6b21993c075c7aee"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0a98a51fb1fbf90922f2edf7e47f3a9a050e2ddf"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.1.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.1.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10851.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.539794324Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html",
        "https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-10851",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432591,
  "published_at": "2018-11-29T18:29:00.303+00:00"
}