CVE-2016-1284 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ISC BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition 9.9.8-S before 9.9.8-S5, specifically when the nxdomain-redirect feature is enabled. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an assertion failure and daemon exit by sending crafted flag values in a DNS query. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a high impact on availability with high attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.8:s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.8:s2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.8:s3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.8:s4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.