CVE-2014-0486
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)...
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
- Record
CVE-2014-0486- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
- Record
CVE-2014-0486- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0517 No score
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
- Record
EUVD-2014-0517- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qhmw-xjh9-474m
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)...
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
- Record
GHSA-qhmw-xjh9-474m- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
- Record
CVE-2014-0486- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-0486
Knot DNS before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted DNS message.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0486- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-0486 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nic Knot Cms, published March 27, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.33%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in knot 1.5.2-1.