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CVE-2016-0742

HIGHnginx
score
<0.1
cvss
7.5
epss
82.4%
published
2016-02-15
kev added
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first seen

nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 contain a denial of service caused by invalid pointer dereference in resolver when processing crafted UDP DNS responses, letting remote attackers crash worker processes, exploit requires sending malicious DNS responses.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2016-02-15 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxTscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 82.0%2026-09-23: epss 82.0%2026-09-24: epss 82.0%2026-09-25: epss 82.4%2026-09-26: epss 82.4%2026-09-27: epss 82.4%2026-09-28: epss 82.4%2026-09-29: epss 82.4%2026-09-30: epss 82.4%2026-10-01: epss 82.4%2026-10-02: epss 82.4%2026-10-03: epss 82.4%2026-10-04: epss 82.4%2026-10-05: epss 82.4%2026-10-06: epss 82.4%2026-10-07: epss 82.4%2026-10-08: epss 82.4%2026-10-09: epss 82.4%2026-10-10: epss 82.4%2026-10-11: epss 82.4%2026-10-12: epss 82.4%2026-10-13: epss 82.4%2026-10-14: epss 82.4%2026-10-15: epss 82.4%2026-10-16: epss 82.4%2026-10-18: epss 82.4%2026-10-19: epss 82.4%2026-10-20: epss 82.4%2026-10-21: epss 82.4%82.4%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx

Weaknesses

CWE-476

References 11