What is CVE-2016-1879?

CVE-2016-1879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-1879?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1879 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2016-1879

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.

EPSS: 0.139 (96.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 9.3, 10.1, 10.2
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1879?: CVE-2016-1879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-1879?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1879 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.