CVE-2016-3841

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 06 Aug 2016, 20:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.3 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Aug 2016, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 11%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • google•android

    6.0.1

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.75 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.12.52 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.16.35 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.25 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.15 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.8 | ≥ 4.3, < 4.3.3

References (9)