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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-1286

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted signature record for a DNAME record, related to db.c and resolver.c.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 60.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted signature record for a DNAME record, related to db.c and resolver.c.

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
60.42% 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
0%33%65%25 October 2026: 60.42%26 October 2026: 60.42%25 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 60.4% on 25 October 2026 to 60.4% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

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