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CVE-2012-3817

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 23.7%EU EUVD

ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2; 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P2; 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2; and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.8 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
23.7% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-3764)
Published
July 25, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3764 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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