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CVE-2016-0742

high

Description

The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted UDP DNS response.

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html

https://github.com/addisonburkett/cve_query_module

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-0765

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-02-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.82377