Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-8899

Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.
Published 2016-06-30 17:59:00
Updated 2025-04-12 10:46:41
Source Canonical Ltd.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2015-8899

Threat overview for CVE-2015-8899

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2015-8899
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 53
IPs affected by CVE-2015-8899 732,106
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8899

EPSS FAQ
0.08%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 21 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-8899

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-8899

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-8899

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