CVE-2016-7039

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7039
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7039.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7039
Downstream
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Published
2016-10-16T21:59:09Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 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 large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

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Affected packages