Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2848

Title: Isc Bind Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2848.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Oct 21, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
25.77%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2848: ISC BIND 9.1.0 through 9.8.4-P2 and 9.9.0 through 9.9.2-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via malformed options data in an OPT resource record.

Impacted Vendors

I
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Reference Links

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2093.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2094.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2099.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93809 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93814 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037073 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385450 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01433/74/CVE-2016-2848 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0002/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/ https://source.isc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bind9.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4adf97c32fcca7d00e5756607fd045f2aab9c3d4 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2093.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2094.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2099.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93809 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93814 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037073 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385450 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01433/74/CVE-2016-2848 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0002/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/ https://source.isc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bind9.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4adf97c32fcca7d00e5756607fd045f2aab9c3d4
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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-2016-2848 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.