CVE-2016-1879

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 9.3 before p33, 10.1 before p26, and 10.2 before p9, when the kernel is configured for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure or NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ICMPv6 packet.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 9.3, 10.1, 10.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135369/FreeBSD-SCTP-ICMPv6-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034673
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39305/
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp.asc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135369/FreeBSD-SCTP-ICMPv6-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034673
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39305/
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp.asc

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