{
    "id": "CVE-2016-7117",
    "published": "2016-10-10 11:00:13",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:52:37",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-19",
    "description": "Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.",
    "epss_score": "0.23558",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97741",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 23.6% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2962.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0031.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0065.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0196.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0215.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0216.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0270.html",
        "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93304",
        "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003077",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382268",
        "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d",
        "https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7117.html",
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7117",
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2962.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0031.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html"
    ]
}