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CVE-2016-5696

4.8 mediumEPSS 15%

Medium (4.8). EPSS 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 does not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.8 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS
15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-200
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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