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CVE-2002-1220 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.6% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

BIND 8.3.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (termination due to assertion failure) via a request for a subdomain that does not exist, with an OPT resource record with a large UDP payload size.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS9.6% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2002-11-29
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (3)

VendorProduct
freebsdfreebsd
iscbind
openbsdopenbsd

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbISC BIND 8.3.x - OPT Record Large UDP Denial of Service2002-11-12

References

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