Servers and applications
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.
- Severity
- High 8.5
- Published
- 5 Jun 2012
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 13% in the next 30 daysHigher than 96% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Read some data · Take it down
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
BIND 9Servers and applications · cpe:a:isc:bind |
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