VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-2266
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability42.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-03-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
libdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a named process.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer