high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2015-5477ISC BIND — TKEY Query Crash

A crafted transaction key (TKEY) query makes the named daemon in Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) name server software (BIND) fail an assertion and exit, so a remote attacker can cause a denial of service. Public exploit code exists.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update BIND to 9.9.7-P2 or 9.10.2-P3 or later.

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THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
99.6%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2015-07-29
Added to KEV
2026-10-08
CISA due date
2026-10-11
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
impact
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attacker needsThe ability to send queries to an affected name server.

Fixed inBIND 9.9.7-P2, BIND 9.10.2-P3

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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