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CVE-2016-2776
buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct…
High7.5EPSS 89.5%
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- mitre
Description
buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 89.5% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- 93188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01419/0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1944 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 40453 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160930-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05321107 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .