CVE-2016-10229
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 1.2%Published: 4/4/2017Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-10229DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10229
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/linux-grsecfrom 0, < 4.1.39-r0
- Debian/linuxfrom 0, < 4.5.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |