{"id":"CVE-2014-8500","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8500","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:39:02.669Z","title":"ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and named crash) via a large or infinite number of referrals.","description":"ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and named crash) via a large or infinite number of referrals.","published":"2014-12-11T02:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:16:49.000Z","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-399"],"affected":["isc/bind"],"epss":{"score":0.58967,"percentile":0.99114,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-10-22","score":0.58967,"percentile":0.99111}]},"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 59.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. 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