{"cve":"CVE-2012-3817","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-25T10:42:35.803","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:56.503","status":"Modified","description":"ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2; 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P2; 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2; and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00013.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00015.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1122.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1123.html"],"products":["isc:bind"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3817","score":0.23664,"percentile":0.97815,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}