CVE-2016-8666

The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2016-8666

• Assigner
• meissner@suse.de

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2016-10-16T21:59:15

• Last Modified Date
• 2023-01-17T21:36:11

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 7.8

• Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 10

• Impact Score
• 6.9

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.5

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 3.6