CVE-2016-3134 EXPLOIT
8.4
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 68)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not validate certain offset fields, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.4 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.23% — more likely to be exploited than 68% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-04-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
| novell | suse linux enterprise debuginfo |
| novell | suse linux enterprise desktop |
| novell | suse linux enterprise live patching |
| novell | suse linux enterprise module for public cloud |
| novell | suse linux enterprise real time extension |
| novell | suse linux enterprise server |
| novell | suse linux enterprise software development kit |
| novell | suse linux enterprise workstation extension |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 3.10/3.18 /4.4 - Netfilter IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE Memory Corruption | 2016-03-09 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d83fc74aa9ec72794373cb47432c5f7fb1a309
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
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