CVE-2016-9755

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

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 32.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/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

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1bdb7c13b8c6136af5d1ebe0241fb15329d8b5fb9698b3a0d57d00ece7342acb

• www.securityfocus.com94626http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94626vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fax_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161201 CVE Request: Linux: net: out-of-bounds due do a signedness issue when defragging ipv6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fax_refsource_CONFIRM
• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/GFbGpX7nTEox_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400904x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.spinics.net[netdev] 20161130 [PATCH 10/11] netfilter: ipv6: nf_defrag: drop mangled skb on ream errorhttps://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg407525.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST