Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-5722

Title: Isc Bind Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-5722.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Sep 05, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

33.65%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-5722: buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by creating a zone containing a malformed DNSSEC key and issuing a query for a name in that zone.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00009.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168686.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165750.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165810.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165996.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167465.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00012.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00033.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144294073801304&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1705.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1706.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1707.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0078.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0079.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3350 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76605 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033452 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2728-1 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04891218 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04923105 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952480 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05095918 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01287 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01305 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01306 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01307 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10134 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-01 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190730-0001/ https://support.apple.com/HT205376 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00009.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168686.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165750.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165810.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165996.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167465.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00012.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00033.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144294073801304&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1705.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1706.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1707.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0078.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0079.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3350 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76605 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033452 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2728-1 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04891218 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04923105 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952480 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05095918 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01287 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01305 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01306 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01307 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10134 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-01 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190730-0001/ https://support.apple.com/HT205376

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-5722 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 05, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.