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critical 10.0

CVE-2008-0122 in the critical feed json

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-PRERELEA…

published 2008-01-16 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0135

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.4%
EPSS 12.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • glibc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0122

  • bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
  • bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
  • bind-libs RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
  • bind-utils RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
  • bind-chroot RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5
  • caching-nameserver RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.P1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0300

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0122 updated

libbind off-by-one buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 bind
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-sdb 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-libs 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-utils 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-chroot 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, caching-nameserver 9.3.4-6.P1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-sdb 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-libs 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-utils 9.3.4-6.P1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, bind-chroot 9.3.4-6.P1.el5, caching-nameserver 9.3.4-6.P1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0300

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Exploit prediction

12.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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