CVE-2016-2848

ISC BIND 9.1.0 through 9.8.4-P2 and 9.9.0 through 9.9.2-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via malformed options data in an OPT resource record.

Published: 2016-10-21 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-2848 is rated Moderate Risk (59.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 42.95%, 99th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-2848

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 52.25% 42.95% -9.30%
2 2026-05-24 51.28% 52.25% +0.97%
3 2026-03-24 — 51.28% —

Full EPSS history (48 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-2848

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-2848

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-2848

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-2848 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bind9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2848
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2848
suse high CVE-2016-2848 severity important: SUSE including 8 source package names (bind, bind-chrootenv, …), 22 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Teradata, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS, … (8 product lines)): Known Not Affected 22. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2848/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-2848 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bind9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2848

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-2848

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isc bind 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:a3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.0:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.4:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.5:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:b4:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.1:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 9.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-2848

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