{"cve":"CVE-2016-9755","nvd":{"published":"2016-12-28T07:59:00.430","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:31.560","status":"Modified","description":"The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls, related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/10","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94626","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400904","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:25.729257544+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-9755","score":0.0039,"percentile":0.33169,"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."]}