CVE-2016-0742
HIGH7.5EPSS 78.8%nginx - security update
Published: 2/15/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/nginxfrom 0, < 1.9.10-1
- Debian/nginxfrom 0, < 0.7.67-3+squeeze4+deb6u1
- Debian/nginxfrom 0, < 1.2.1-2.2+wheezy4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |