CVE-2016-10229
highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.129 · 96 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10
weaknesses
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affected products (14)
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also known as (5)
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references (24)
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191cnnvd
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201cnnvd
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa148cnnvd
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-118cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229cnnvd
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