CVE-2016-2776

critical-risk
Published 2016-09-28

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.

Do I need to act?

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87.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 13% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

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/ 100
critical-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 25/34 · High