Input validation error in FreeBSD - CVE-2016-1879
Published: January 29, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40503
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1879
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (assertion failure or NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ICMPv6 packet.
Affected software
FreeBSD
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1879
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.