Critical severity · published Apr 4, 2017
CVE-2016-10229
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…
9.8
CVSS
12.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.9% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
through 7.1.1 · source: NVD
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.2 before 3.2.76; 3.3 before 3.4.113; 3.5 before 3.10.103; 3.11 before 3.12.53; 3.13 before 3.14.77; 3.15 before 3.16.35; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10229
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10229
Issue Tracking
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
Patch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191
Third Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229
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