CVE-2015-8787
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 9.2% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending certain IPv4 packets to an incompletely configured interface, a related issue to CVE-2003-1604.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 9.24% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-476 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-02-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300731
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
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