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CVE-2008-0122

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0122 is an off-by-one error in the inet_network function within libbind, affecting ISC BIND 9.4.2 and earlier, and libc in FreeBSD 6.2 through 7.0-PRERELEASE. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through crafted input leading to memory corruption. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1230 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind-30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: bind

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0122Low

libbind off-by-one buffer overflow

Jan 14, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28367
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28429
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28487
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28579
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29161
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29323
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30313
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30538
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30718
Third Party Advisory
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc.asc
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39670
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
h20564.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2169
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10190
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-244.htm
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00781.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00782.html
Third Party Advisory
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist
Third Party Advisory
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd
Third Party Advisory
isc.org / index.pl
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/203611
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487000/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/27283
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0193
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0703
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1743/references
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