ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and named crash) via a large or infinite number of referrals.
CVE-2014-8500
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 7.8 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 57.8% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 58%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 7.8HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 7.8HIGHlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 63EG Risk 63/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity78% × 45%Exploitation58% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 58%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
December 11, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (54)
- cve@mitrehttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0524.html
- cve@mitrehttp://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html
- cve@mitrehttp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2015-002.txt.asc
- cve@mitrehttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10676
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00017.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00009.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00013.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00038.html
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142180687100892&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144000632319155&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0078.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/62064
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/62122
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | bind9 (1:9.9.5.dfsg-4.3ubuntu0.1) @ utopic | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | bind-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2 | 2016-01-28 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.9.4-14.el7_0.1 | 2014-12-12 | redhat |
| redhat | bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1 | 2014-12-12 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| bind9 | — |
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Debian:6.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | 1:9.7.2.dfsg.P3-1.1 ... 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze9 (16 versions) |
| — |
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2, 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u1, 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u1~bpo60+1, 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u2, 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u2~bpo60+1 |
| — |
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
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