MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in the code for recursion and glue fetching in BIND 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via queries that trigger the overflow in the q_usedns array that tracks nameservers and addresses
Published Jan 29, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.45%
Description
Buffer overflow in the code for recursion and glue fetching in BIND 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via queries that trigger the overflow in the q_usedns array that tracks nameservers and addresses.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
11.45% 0.11448
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11448
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.45% (0.11448) | 95.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.45% (0.11448) | 95.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 32.01% (0.32012) | 96.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 26.37% (0.26373) | 94.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 32.01% (0.32012) | 96.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 22.75% (0.22755) | 95.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.74% (0.06736) | 93.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 6, 2024 | 3.41% (0.03414) | 90.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.68% (0.03677) | 90.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 89.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 88.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.1/SCOSA-2006.1.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14009 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18291 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012996 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind8.php x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327633 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12364 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050125-00059.html x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19063 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.1/SCOSA-2006.1.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14009 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18291 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1012996 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind8.php | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327633 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12364 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050125-00059.html | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19063 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 29, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0033
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a