THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-7039
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7039

Linux vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.6%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Linux
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-10-16

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7039

  • Confirm whether Oracle Linux is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7039.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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