{"id":"CVE-2012-5688","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5688","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:55:56.814Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2012-12-06T11:45:48.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["isc/bind","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.10896,"percentile":0.95885,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1549.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1657-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00828","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1549.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1657-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00828","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5688","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}