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Vulnerability details: VCID-e49f-y1ky-5yb4
Vulnerability ID VCID-e49f-y1ky-5yb4
Aliases CVE-2016-0747
Summary Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.8
Risk 2.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
epss 0.33182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
cvssv2 2.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
generic_textual medium https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000169.html
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-0747.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0747
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0742
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0746
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0747
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000169.html
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
1302589 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302589
812806 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812806
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-0747 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
GLSA-201606-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
RHSA-2016:1425 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
USN-2892-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2892-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
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
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.96872
EPSS Score 0.33182
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:31:45.832255+00:00 Nginx Importer Import https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html 38.0.0