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CVE-2015-8787
The nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a…
Critical9.8EPSS 9.2%
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Description
The nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending certain IPv4 packets to an incompletely configured interface, a related issue to CVE-2003-1604.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
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References (14)
- [oss-security] 20160127 CVE Request: Linux: NULL pointer dereference netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c in nf_nat_redirect_ipv4 function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2890-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2889-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2889-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2890-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2890-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300731 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f9cd81436c85d8c3a318ba92e236ede73752fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-2f25d12c51 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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