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Vulnerable Software

Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-7917

The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 37.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.0
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2016-7917


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