CVE-2016-8645

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

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 38.5% 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

2016-11-28 03:01Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-12

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

98d109b0c07d39096d993ad10735c78d90fd8d9f5efaff333a97c1cb8cd0bcfe

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161130 Re: CVE-2016-8645: linux kernel: net: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.chttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94264http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037285http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161111 CVE-2016-8645: linux kernel: net: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.chttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3x_refsource_CONFIRM