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CVE-2016-6170

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 40.54% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-07-06 · 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.

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CVE
CVE-2016-6170
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
40.54%

Original NVD Description

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.