CVSS 3.0
8.6 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2015-8702
The DNS::GetResult function in dns.cpp in InspIRCd before 2.0.19 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (netsplit) via an invalid character in a PTR response, as demonstrated by a "\032" (whitespace) character in a hostname.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- inspircd:inspircd