CVE-2016-1882 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FreeBSD versions 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2, where a remote attacker can crash the kernel by establishing a TCP connection using specific socket options (TCP_MD5SIG and TCP_NOOPT). Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| 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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.