CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 42.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2013-2266
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
42.85%
Original 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.