CVE-2018-20994 json
Uncontrolled recursion in trust-dns-proto
published 2018-10-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-369h-pjr2-6wrh , RUSTSEC-2018-0007 , EUVD-2021-1531
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in the trust-dns-proto crate before 0.5.0-alpha.3 for Rust. There is infinite recursion because DNS message compression is mishandled.
Patch / fix
- crates.io trust-dns-proto 0.4.3
- trust-dns-proto_project trust-dns-proto 0.4.3
Exploit prediction
1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| OSV | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | trust-dns-proto | <0.4.3 >=0.0.0-0, <0.4.3 |
0.4.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
References
-
rustsec.org
/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0007.html
web, third-party-advisory, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20994
advisory
-
github.com
/bluejekyll/trust-dns
package
-
crates.io
/crates/trust-dns-proto
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-20994
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-369h-pjr2-6wrh
- NVD CVE-2018-20994
- OSV RUSTSEC-2018-0007
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