# CVE-2019-9747: In tinysvcmdns through 2018-01-16, a maliciously crafted mDNS (Multicast DNS) packet triggers an infinite loop while parsing an mDNS query.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In tinysvcmdns through 2018-01-16, a maliciously crafted mDNS (Multicast DNS) packet triggers an infinite loop while parsing an mDNS query. When mDNS compressed labels point to each other, the function uncompress_nlabel goes into an infinite loop trying to analyze the packet with an mDNS query. As a result, the mDNS server hangs after receiving the malicious mDNS packet. NOTE: the product's web site states "This project is un-maintained, and has been since 2013. ... There are known vulnerabilities ... You are advised to NOT use this library for any new projects / products."

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## References

- https://bitbucket.org/geekman/tinysvcmdns/issues/11/denial-of-service-vulnerability-infinite

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