CVE-2016-0746

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 15, 2016 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 13.0
Affected range stops below 13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
0.6.18 ≤ v ≤ 1.8.01.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.10
Affected range stops below 1.9.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (11)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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