CVE-2016-1879

HIGH

FreeBSD <9.3p33, 10.1p26, 10.2p9 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 9.3 before p33, 10.1 before p26, and 10.2 before p9, when the kernel is configured for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure or NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ICMPv6 packet.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by ptsecurity · pythondosfreebsd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39305

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.1817
EPSS Percentile 95.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (3)
freebsd/freebsd 9.3
freebsd/freebsd 10.1
freebsd/freebsd 10.2
Published Jan 29, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026