The GeoIP functionality in ISC BIND 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named…

published 2014-12-11 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8516

cvss: 5.4; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 9.0%; EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 0; none known

The GeoIP functionality in ISC BIND 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named exit) via vectors related to (1) the lack of GeoIP databases for both IPv4 and IPv6, or (2) IPv6 support with certain options.

Patch / fix

distros 1

bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.10.3P4-21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8680 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 5.0

bind: flaws in GeoIP leading to a denial of service

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind, bind97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot, bind-pkcs11, +6 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

8.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.4	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-201502-03.xml
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
kb.isc.org /article/AA-01217
vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20190730-0002/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-8680
NVD CVE-2014-8680

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary