CVE-2016-0746
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 8.9% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx 0.6.18 through 1.8.0 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted DNS response related to CNAME response processing.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 8.86% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-02-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | xcode |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| f5 | nginx |
| opensuse | leap |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588
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