Is CVE-2016-1286 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-1286 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-1286?

CVE-2016-1286 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

CVE-2016-1286

HIGH · CVSS 8.6EPSS 62.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.6 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS score: 62.1% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2016-2385)
Published: March 9, 2016
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-2385 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
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isc / bind
isc / bind
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and 177 more…

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181037.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178880.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179911.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00046.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00053.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00070.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00072.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00075.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00079.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00084.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00013.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146191105921542&w=2(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0562.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0601.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3511(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035237(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2925-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05087821(Third Party Advisory)
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01353(Vendor Advisory)
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind.asc(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07(Third Party Advisory)

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

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