VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-10147

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references