HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5688

Bind vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
10.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
ISC BIND 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P1, when DNS64 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.
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
2012-12-06

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 10.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Isc Bind is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5688.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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