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CVE-2016-7117

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CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
EPSS
24%p98
Published
()
Modified
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

Vendors
debianlinuxcanonical
Products
debian linux, linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Weakness
CWE-19
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (23.6%)

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