CVE-2016-3841 is a local privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the IPv6 stack in Linux kernel versions prior to 4.3.3, including Google Android. It carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), indicating that a local attacker can exploit a crafted sendmsg system call to trigger a use-after-free condition, leading to system crash or privilege escalation. There is no known public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.3, < 3.12.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.13, < 3.16.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.17, < 3.18.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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