CVE-2016-1879 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module of FreeBSD versions 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 when configured for IPv6. A remote attacker can trigger an assertion failure or NULL pointer dereference, leading to a kernel panic, by sending a specially crafted ICMPv6 packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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