The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not validate certain offset fields, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-3134 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.24%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39545 | exploit_db | edb | 2016-03-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.04% | 1.24% | +1.20% |
| 2 | 2026-04-01 | 0.14% | 0.04% | -0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.14% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.5 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2016-3134 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3134 |
redhat
|
high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3134 |
suse
|
medium | CVE-2016-3134 severity moderate: SUSE including 261 source package names (kernel-3.10.0-327.36.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.36.1.el7, …), 668 product×package rows across 98 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (98 product lines)): Fixed 419, Known Not Affected 249. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3134/ |
ubuntu
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high | CVE-2016-3134 high priority: Ubuntu including 27 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 185 status rows across 7 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 118, released 41, ignored 15, not-affected 11. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3134 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension | 12.0 | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | <= 4.5.2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |