{"cve":"CVE-2016-1879","nvd":{"published":"2016-01-29T19:59:07.107","modified":"2026-06-17T00:42:47.383","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135369/FreeBSD-SCTP-ICMPv6-Denial-Of-Service.html","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034673","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39305/","https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp.asc","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135369/FreeBSD-SCTP-ICMPv6-Denial-Of-Service.html"],"products":["freebsd:freebsd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:48.328043465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-1879","score":0.13259,"percentile":0.96383,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}