Vulnerability in Isc Bind

CVE-2012-1667

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.134 (96.3th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-1667: held from 0.134 to 0.134.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.134 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1667?
CVE-2012-1667 is a vulnerability in Isc Bind, classified under CWE-189. Published 2012-06-05.
Is CVE-2012-1667 known to be exploited?
14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.