VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8645

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-11-28
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

The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references