CVE-2008-0122

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

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.

Affected products

ISC BIND: through 9.4.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28367
http://secunia.com/advisories/28429
http://secunia.com/advisories/28487
http://secunia.com/advisories/28579
http://secunia.com/advisories/29161
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
http://secunia.com/advisories/30313
http://secunia.com/advisories/30538
http://secunia.com/advisories/30718
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc.asc
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238493-1

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