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CVE-2005-0038

VendorpowerdnsProductpowerdnsDiscoveredDec 31, 2005UpdatedApr 16, 2026

The DNS implementation of PowerDNS 2.9.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could trigger an infinite loop.

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CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
6.24%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.14pp
6.09% → 6.24% over 2 tracked changes
Connections
1 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Dec 31, 2005
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 16, 2026