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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-2266 · published 28 March 2013

CVE-2013-2266: Isc bind memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Isc · Bind

libdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a named process.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 43% · top 1.3% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
43%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

libdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a named process.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101500.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101603.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136804614120794&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0689.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0690.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2656
http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2013-2266 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58736
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1783-1
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00871/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00879/ Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19579
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101500.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101603.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136804614120794&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0689.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0690.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2656
http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2013-2266 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58736
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1783-1
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00871/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00879/ Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19579

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-2266), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.