CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2016-10229
CRITICALEPSS 96th pctl9.8
CVSS v3
Description
udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
12.79%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0008/
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