CVE-2016-8864
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2141.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2142.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2615.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3703
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94067
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01434
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01437
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:34.bind.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-26
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.