VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-1285

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 57.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 57.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 57.83% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: isc/bind · suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · suse/manager · suse/manager proxy · suse/openstack cloud · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · juniper/junos
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 57.4% on 25 October 2026 to 57.8% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.htmlMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181037.htmlMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.htmlMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178880.htmlMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.htmlMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179911.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00046.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00053.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00070.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00072.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00075.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00079.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00084.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146191105921542&w=2Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0562.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0601.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3511Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035236Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2925-1Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05087821Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01352Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380Broken Link, Release Notes
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438Broken Link
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind.ascThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.htmlMailing List

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.