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CVE-2016-7117

9.8 criticalEPSS 24%

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-19
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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