{"cve":"CVE-2014-8601","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-10T15:59:17.410","modified":"2026-06-17T00:17:00.303","status":"Modified","description":"PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.2 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (\"performance degradations\") via a large or infinite number of referrals, as demonstrated by resolving domains hosted by ezdns.it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html","http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/","http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","powerdns:recursor"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-8601","score":0.68875,"percentile":0.99348,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}