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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-1221

BIND 8.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, which are removed from the internal BIND database and later cause a null dereference.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 7.57%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

BIND 8.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, which are removed from the internal BIND database and later cause a null dereference.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
7.57% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
isc/bind · freebsd/freebsd · openbsd/openbsd
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.