Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-3859

Title: Isc Bind Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-3859.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Jun 13, 2014

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.98%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-3859: libdns in ISC BIND 9.10.0 before P2 does not properly handle EDNS options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by an attack against named, dig, or delv.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/58946 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/ https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/ http://secunia.com/advisories/58946 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/ https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-3859 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 13, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.