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CVE-2016-1284

17
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0334 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

kb.isc.org / article/AA-01348
Vendor Advisory
kb.isc.org / article/AA-01438
Release Notes
securitytracker.com / id/1034935