CVE-2016-4997
PoC ×2—CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
6%p93
Published
()
Modified
Description
The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE and IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementations in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that triggers an unintended decrement.
- Vendors
- linuxcanonicalnovelloracledebian
- Products
- linux kernel, ubuntu linux, suse linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise live patching, suse linux enterprise module for public cloud, suse linux enterprise real time extension, suse linux enterprise server, suse linux enterprise workstation extension, linux, debian linux
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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