CVE-2016-9555

critical
Published 2016-11-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.8 lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9555

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9555.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf911e985d6bbaa328c20c3e05f4eb03de11fdd6

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.8

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bf911e985d6bbaa328c20c3e05f4eb03de11fdd6

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.11-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.11-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.11-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.11-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.85

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.