Servers and applications
CVE-2012-5166
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P4, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P4, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P4, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon hang) via unspecified combinations of resource records.
- Severity
- High 7.8
- Published
- 10 Oct 2012
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 33% in the next 30 daysHigher than 98% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Take it down
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
BIND 9Servers and applications · cpe:a:isc:bind |
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