{"id":"CVE-2016-10229","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-10229","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:46.722Z","title":"udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.","description":"udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.","published":"2017-04-04T05:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:39:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-358"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.12871,"percentile":0.96272,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0008/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10229","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}