Description
When base64 data is split up in pieces, of 3 character or less, tokens were incorrectly calculated to produce 0 bytes. This enables attackers to overwrite the stack with up to 64K of attacker controlled data. Zone files which are written out by NSD itself, such as for zones for which the NSD instance is secondary, will not be formatted like this. The zone file must be fed to NSD directly, (but it could come, for example, from an operator controlled provisioning system).
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in 4.15.3 and all later versions.

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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Description When base64 data is split up in pieces, of 3 character or less, tokens were incorrectly calculated to produce 0 bytes. This enables attackers to overwrite the stack with up to 64K of attacker controlled data. Zone files which are written out by NSD itself, such as for zones for which the NSD instance is secondary, will not be formatted like this. The zone file must be fed to NSD directly, (but it could come, for example, from an operator controlled provisioning system).
Title Stack overwrite from specially formatted base64 RDATA field
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T14:09:58.370Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T14:39:03.778Z

Link: CVE-2026-101337

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T11:16:56.890

Modified: 2026-10-14T14:17:29.710

Link: CVE-2026-101337

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Updated: 2026-10-14T14:00:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-121

    Stack-based Buffer Overflow