Is CVE-2016-7117 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-7117 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-7117?

CVE-2016-7117 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-7117?

CVE-2016-7117 has an EPSS score of 24.30% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7117?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 4.5.2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7117

CRITICALEPSS 98th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

CWE-19

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:4.5.2-1CVE-2016-7117

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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

24.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-19 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-5477	High	7.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-9034	Medium	5.0	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-4977	High	8.8	79%	-	-
CVE-2016-3236	Critical	9.8	78%	-	-
CVE-2014-7141	Medium	6.4	76%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-5374	High	7.8	74%	-	-

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