CVE-2012-5166 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC BIND versions 9.x, 9.8.x, 9.9.x, and specific ESV releases prior to their respective patch levels. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted combinations of resource records, causing the named daemon to hang. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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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.