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Case File

CVE-2015-8702

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 2.28% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2015-8702
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.6
EPSS
2.28%

Original NVD Description

The DNS::GetResult function in dns.cpp in InspIRCd before 2.0.19 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (netsplit) via an invalid character in a PTR response, as demonstrated by a "\032" (whitespace) character in a hostname.