What is CVE-2016-1882?

CVE-2016-1882 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-1882?

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

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2016-1882

FreeBSD 9.3 before p33, 10.1 before p26, and 10.2 before p9 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via vectors related to creating a TCP connection with the TCP_MD5SIG and TCP_NOOPT socket options.

EPSS: 0.019 (78.1th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1882?: CVE-2016-1882 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-1882?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.