CVE-2016-3227

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

CWE-416: Use After Free

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DNS Server component in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted requests, aka "Windows DNS Server Use After Free Vulnerability."

CWE-416: Use After Free

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-06-16 01:59:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-05-08 22:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold

References

1036095

MS16-071

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