{"cve":"CVE-2015-8899","nvd":{"published":"2016-06-30T17:59:00.157","modified":"2026-06-17T00:35:27.233","status":"Modified","description":"Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html","http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010505.html","http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41a8d9e99be9f2cc8b02051dd322cb45e0faac87","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/7","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/2"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","thekelleys:dnsmasq"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-8899","score":0.02503,"percentile":0.84724,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}