Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2008-0122
Off-by-one error in the inet_network function in libbind in ISC BIND 9.4.2 and earlier, as used in libc in FreeBSD 6.2 through 7.0-PRERELEASE, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted input that triggers memory corruption.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.124 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.123 · newest: 0.124 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/28579 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27283 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/30538 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487000/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203611 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc.asc (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-244.htm (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0122?
- CVE-2008-0122 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under CWE-189. Published 2008-01-16.
- Is CVE-2008-0122 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.