Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-8666

The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
Published 2016-10-16 21:59:16
Updated 2023-01-17 21:36:12
Source SUSE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2016-8666

Threat overview for CVE-2016-8666

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2016-8666
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49152
IPs affected by CVE-2016-8666 10,336
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8666

EPSS FAQ
8.75%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-8666

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.8
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
 NIST
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-8666

  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-8666

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