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CVE-2017-9430
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2017-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in dnstracer through 1.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a command line with a long name argument that is mishandled in a strcpy call for argv[0]. An example threat model is a web application that launches dnstracer with an untrusted name string.
Affected products
- Dnstracer Project Dnstracer: through 1.9
References
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060030
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142799/DNSTracer-1.8.1-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42115/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42424/
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