Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4951

Title: Oracle Linux Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4951.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date May 23, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4951: The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/14/28 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/21/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/14/28 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/21/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4951 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.