CVE-2015-5722

high

Published 2015-09-05 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.8

VIR risk

7.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5722

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01287

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5722.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:9.9.5.dfsg-12`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:9.9.5.dfsg-12`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:9.9.5.dfsg-12`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:9.9.5.dfsg-12`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:9.9.5.dfsg-12`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
isc	bind	`{"endIncluding":"9.9.7"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.