CVE-2016-6828

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-10-16 21:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-17

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d276135f266974208433410aeab7d348c37721e0f9b5c0cb8096aff3fbbc02e3

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bb1fceca22492109be12640d49f5ea5a544c6bb4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0086http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0113http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0091http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160815 Linux tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use after free on 4.8-rc1 / masterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/15/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com92452http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92452vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0036http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• marcograss.github.iohttps://marcograss.github.io/security/linux/2016/08/18/cve-2016-6828-linux-kernel-tcp-uaf.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367091x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bb1fceca22492109be12640d49f5ea5a544c6bb4x_refsource_CONFIRM