What is CVE-2016-10200?

CVE-2016-10200 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-10200?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10200 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Google Android

CVE-2016-10200

Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c.

Published 2017-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

References

github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32c231164b762dddefa13af5a0101032c70b50ef (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037965 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101783 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10200?: CVE-2016-10200 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-10200?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10200 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.