CVE-2016-3841 in Android

Summary

The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

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• Reservation: 03/30/2016
• Disclosure: 08/06/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-90516
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-416 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.00034
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3841
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3841
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-3841/