CVE-2015-8704

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—Elevated

6.5

apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 95.7%
KEV: Not listed

Published

January 20, 2016

Last Modified

May 6, 2026

References (54)

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	bind9 (1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1.2) @ wily	2026-05-22	ubuntu
redhat	bind-32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.2	2016-01-27	redhat
redhat	bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5	2016-01-27	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.

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

2026-06-07 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-07 00:29 UTCOSV refresh
2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
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2026-05-26 07:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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2026-05-24 16:43 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-22 21:49 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-22 21:49 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2015-8704?

CVE-2015-8704 is a medium vulnerability published on January 20, 2016. apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.

When was CVE-2015-8704 disclosed?

CVE-2015-8704 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 20, 2016, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2015-8704 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-8704 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 95.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-8704?

CVE-2015-8704 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2015-8704?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-8704, 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.

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