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CVE-2016-6173

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.92% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

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-2016-6173
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.92%

Original NVD Description

NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.