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CVE-2008-0122
Off-by-one error in the inet_network function in libbind in ISC BIND 9.4.2 and earlier, as used in libc in FreeBSD 6.2 through…
High10.0EPSS 12.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- freebsd
Description
Off-by-one error in the inet_network function in libbind in ISC BIND 9.4.2 and earlier, as used in libc in FreeBSD 6.2 through 7.0-PRERELEASE, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted input that triggers memory corruption.
Timeline
ID reserved
By freebsd
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.4% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (31)
- 28579 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429149 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0300 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30538 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080124 rPSA-2008-0029-1 bind bind-utils (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#203611 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-08:02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-244.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10190 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0904 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28429 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile123640&label=AIX%20libc%20inet_network%20buffer%20overflow (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28487 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- freebsd-inetnetwork-bo(39670) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29323 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 238493 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 29161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28367 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0903 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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