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CVE-2016-2775
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled,…
Medium5.9EPSS 63.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 63.3% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- FEDORA-2016-53f0c65f40 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHBA-2017:1767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-3fba74e7f5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 92037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- RHBA-2017:0651 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-2941b3264e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01393/74/CVE-2016-2775 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-007efacd1c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2533 (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
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160722-0002/ (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)
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