BIND 8.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, which…

Description

BIND 8.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, which are removed from the internal BIND database and later cause a null dereference.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.6% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (16)

• CA-2002-31 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 2002-11-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 6159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• bind-null-dereference-dos(10333) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• SSRT2408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQx_transferred
• 20021118 TSLSA-2002-0076 - bind (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• CLA-2002:546 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20021115 [OpenPKG-SA-2002.011] OpenPKG Security Advisory (bind, bind8) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20021112 [Fwd: Notice of serious vulnerabilities in ISC BIND 4 & 8] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• N-013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
• VU#581682 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 20021112 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in BIND4 and BIND8 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
• MDKSA-2002:077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2002-1221](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2002-1221.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2002-1221)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 03:19 UTC.