CVE-2007-3409

7.5
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
3.49%
LOW RiskEPSS (89th percentile)

Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS packet with self-referencing pointers, which triggers an infinite loop.

Published: 6/26/2007
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

4.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

3.49%LOW Exploitation Risk
89th percentile

This vulnerability has a 3.49% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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