CVE-2016-4486

Published May 23, 2016

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity: LOW

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-200

Configurations

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Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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