Is CVE-2012-0024 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-0024 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-0024?

CVE-2012-0024 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-0024?

CVE-2012-0024 has an EPSS score of 2.89% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0024?

Upgrade maradns on debian 11 to 1.4.09-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-0024

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl

7.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

MaraDNS before 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.08 computes hash values for DNS data without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted queries with the Recursion Desired (RD) bit set.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

maradnsDebian

Fixed in:1.4.09-1CVE-2012-0024

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

samiam.org

Third-Party Advisory3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.