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Vulnerability details: VCID-4cxw-y4nn-2bem
Vulnerability ID VCID-4cxw-y4nn-2bem
Aliases CVE-2016-2776
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2776.json
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.86964 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
epss 0.88392 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
cvssv2 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-36
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2776.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2776
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2775
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2776
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1378380 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378380
839010 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839010
ASA-201609-29 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-29
AVG-36 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-36
CVE-2016-2776 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/40453.py
GLSA-201610-07 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
RHSA-2016:1944 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1944
RHSA-2016:1945 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1945
RHSA-2016:2099 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2099
USN-3088-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3088-1/
Data source Metasploit
Description A defect in the rendering of messages into packets can cause named to exit with an assertion failure in buffer.c while constructing a response to a query that meets certain criteria. This assertion can be triggered even if the apparent source address isn't allowed to make queries.
Note 
Stability:
  - crash-service-down
SideEffects: []
Reliability: []
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Sept. 27, 2016
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/dns/bind_tsig.rb
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Oct. 4, 2016
Description ISC BIND 9 - Denial of Service
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Oct. 4, 2016
Exploit type dos
Platform multiple
Source update date Oct. 5, 2016
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2776.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.99428
EPSS Score 0.86964
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:58:38.829902+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 38.0.0