Input validation error in smartdns - CVE-2024-24198
Published: March 25, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105994
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24198
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Nick Peng
Affected software:
smartdns
smartdns
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in src/util.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted IP address in the DNS response to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-24198
Install updates from vendor's website.