Vulnerability in Isc Bind

CVE-2016-8864

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNAME record in the answer section of a response to a recursive query, related to db.c and resolver.c.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.387 (98.6th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% 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-2016-8864: held from 0.387 to 0.387.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.387 · newest: 0.387 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8864?
CVE-2016-8864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-8864?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-8864 known to be exploited?
27 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.