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CVE-2015-5477

High CVSS 7.5 Known exploited

Published 2015-07-29 · last changed 2026-10-08 · added to CISA KEV 2026-10-08

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2015-5477 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-10-08. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2015-5477, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via TKEY queries.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H