CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3841

7.3 HIGH Published 2016-08-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-08-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264, CWE-416

Description

The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

Affected configurations

• google android 6.0.1 • linux linux kernel (< 3.2.75) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.12.52) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.35) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.25) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.15) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.2.8) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.3 < 4.3.3)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

References