{"id":"CVE-2016-0742","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0742","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:30.656Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-02-15T19:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:38:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["f5/nginx","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux","opensuse/leap","apple/xcode","redhat/software collections"],"epss":{"score":0.82377,"percentile":0.99659,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0742","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}