CVE-2016-10229
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 12.8% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 12.8% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.
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 | 12.82% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-358 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-04-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| android | |
| linux | linux kernel |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0008/
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229
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