named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNAME record in the answer section of a response to a recursive query, related to db.c and resolver.c.
CVE-2016-8864
Score elevated to 7.7 because EPSS predicts 39% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 1.6% of all CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 7.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.7(high)
- EG Risk
- 55(Track)EG Risk 55/100SSVC: Track
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 computedSeverity77% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 39%
- EPSS %ILE
- 98%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 2, 2016
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (34)
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2141.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2142.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2615.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3703
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94067
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583
- cve@mitrehttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687
- cve@mitrehttps://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01434
- cve@mitrehttps://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435
- cve@mitrehttps://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436
- cve@mitrehttps://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01437
- cve@mitrehttps://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- cve@mitrehttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:34.bind.asc
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | lwresd (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | bind-32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.6 | 2017-06-28 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.9 | 2016-12-06 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.9.4-38.el7_3 | 2016-11-03 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 | 2016-11-02 | redhat |
| redhat | bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 | 2016-11-02 | 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
(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.2(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind | — | 9.10.4_p4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.3(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind | — | 9.10.4_p4-r0 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | — | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | — | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | — | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | — | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 | — |
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2 ... 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u9 (15 versions) | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u13 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9 ... 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u7 (8 versions) | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u8 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(6)
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2016:2141IMPORTANT2016-11-01
RHSA-2016:2141 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2016:2142IMPORTANT2016-11-01
RHSA-2016:2142 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2016:2615IMPORTANT2016-11-01
RHSA-2016:2615 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2016:2871IMPORTANT2016-11-01
RHSA-2016:2871 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2017:1583IMPORTANT2016-11-01
RHSA-2017:1583 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-3119-1MEDIUM
Bind vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 17× in last 30d)
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.
Showing the most recent 100 of 110 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-09-04 13:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 01:24 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.20
- 2026-07-22 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-23 12:28 UTCOSV refresh
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