CVE-2016-5696

Android vulnerability

CVSS

4.8

EPSS

15.1%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Google

Affected product

Android

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2016-08-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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