When was CVE-2002-1221 disclosed?

CVE-2002-1221 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 29, 2002, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2002-1221 actively exploited?

CVE-2002-1221 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 89.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2002-1221?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2002-1221, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2002-1221

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

BIND 8.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, which are removed from the internal BIND database and later cause a null dereference.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 89.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (32)

cve@mitrehttp://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21469
cve@mitrehttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000546
cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html
cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103713117612842&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103763574715133&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4999
cve@mitrehttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300019
cve@mitrehttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-013.shtml
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-196
cve@mitrehttp://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581682
cve@mitrehttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-077.php
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6159
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10333

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