CVE-2016-0742
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 82.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 82.38% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- f5/nginx · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · apple/xcode · redhat/software collections
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 82.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.