PoC Index

CVE-2016-9793

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.6%

The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option.

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 74th percentile
Published
2016-12-28
Updated
2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

ExploitDB entries (1)

Exploit collections (1)

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