CVE-2016-4998
HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.9%
The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.
- CVSS v3.0
- 7.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 5.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C - EPSS
- 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile
- Published
- 2016-07-03
- Updated
- 2024-08-06