NVD
- Id
- 18752
- Name
- CVE-2016-2550
- Description
- The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 4.9
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 4.9
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 6.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.9
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-19
- Published
- 2016-04-27
- Modified Date
- 2016-12-02
- Seq
- 2016-2550