CVE-2016-3227 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the DNS Server component of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted requests to the affected DNS server. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high-impact threat, requiring no user interaction or authentication for exploitation. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is readily available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its perceived importance.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:datacenter:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:essentials:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:standard:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.