CVE-2023-49441 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

dnsmasq 2.9 is vulnerable to Integer Overflow via forward_query.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00009.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Thekelleys	Dnsmasq

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53405	dnsmasq 2.9 is vulnerable to Integer Overflow via forward_query.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2023q4/017332.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49441
https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65c2d6afd67a032f45f40d7e4d620f5d73e5f07d
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49441

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0001}`	epss `{'score': 9e-05}`

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00022}`	epss `{'score': 0.0001}`

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Thekelleys Thekelleys dnsmasq
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:2.9:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Thekelleys Thekelleys dnsmasq
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-06T21:20:59.871Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T15:19:01.559Z

Reserved: 2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-49441

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:45.199Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-06T22:15:09.843

Modified: 2025-03-14T16:15:27.890

Link: CVE-2023-49441

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-49441 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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