CVE-2008-4163

Bind vulnerability

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

4.7%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.5-P2-W1, 9.4.2-P2-W1, and 9.5.0-P2-W1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UDP client handler termination) via unknown vectors.

Affected vendor

Isc

Affected product

Bind

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2008-09-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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