CVE-2016-1879

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

13%p96

Published

Jan 29, 2016 (Jan 29, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 9.3 before p33, 10.1 before p26, and 10.2 before p9, when the kernel is configured for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure or NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ICMPv6 packet.

Vendors: freebsd
Products: freebsd
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (13.3%)

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