VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-8666
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-10-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption