CVE-2007-1866

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the dns_decode_reverse_name function in dns_decode.c in dproxy-nexgen allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted packet to port 53/udp, a different issue than CVE-2007-1465.

Affected products

Dproxy: nexgen

References

http://dproxy.cvs.sourceforge.net/dproxy/dproxy-nexgen/dns_decode.c?revision=1.10&view=markup
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053289.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053302.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24688
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2518
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1194
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33753
http://dproxy.cvs.sourceforge.net/dproxy/dproxy-nexgen/dns_decode.c?revision=1.10&view=markup
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053289.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053302.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24688
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2518

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