CVE-2016-2776 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC BIND 9 versions before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3, specifically within the buffer.c component. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted query, causing an assertion failure and daemon exit, effectively taking the DNS server offline. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact with no authentication or user interaction required for exploitation. While not on the KEV catalog, there is active exploit intelligence, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, with significant community discussion and media coverage confirming active exploitation shortly after its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.