CVE-2018-1110

A flaw was found in knot-resolver before version 2.3.0. Malformed DNS messages may cause denial of service.

Published: 2021-03-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-1110 is rated Moderate Risk (52.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1110

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.39% 0.50% +0.11%
2 2025-11-18 0.50% 0.39% -0.11%
3 2025-03-30 0.50%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-1110

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-1110

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-1110

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-1110: 1 source package rows (knot-resolver); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1110
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-1110 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (knot-resolver), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1110
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-1110 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (knot-resolver), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 14, ignored 2, needed 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1110

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-1110

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nic knot_resolver < 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:nic:knot_resolver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-1110

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944328 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.knot-resolver.cz/2018-04-23-knot-resolver-2.3.0.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
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