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CVE-2005-0033

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0033 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in BIND versions 8.4.4 and 8.4.5, specifically within the code handling recursion and glue fetching. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by crafting queries that overflow the q_usedns array, leading to a system crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1145 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.1/SCOSA-2006.1.txt
secunia.com / advisories/14009
secunia.com / advisories/18291
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19063
isc.org / index.pl
Patch
isc.org / index.pl
Patch
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/327633
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/12364
uniras.gov.uk / niscc/docs/al-20050125-00059.html
Patch