Is CVE-2012-5166 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-5166 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-5166?

CVE-2012-5166 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-5166?

CVE-2012-5166 has an EPSS score of 34.20% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5166?

Upgrade bind9 on debian 11 to 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-5166

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-189

How to fix

Remediation Available

bind9Debian

Fixed in:1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.3CVE-2012-5166

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

34.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-189 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-1538	High	10.0	99%	-	-
CVE-2006-3747	High	7.6	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-0071	High	9.3	93%	-	-
CVE-2015-3829	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2015-3864	High	10.0	87%	-	-
CVE-2015-1539	High	10.0	86%	-	-

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