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CVE-2016-3707

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 3.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-06-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-3707
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
3.39%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

The icmp_check_sysrq function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the kernel.org projects/rt patches for the Linux kernel, as used in the kernel-rt package before 3.10.0-327.22.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 7 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute SysRq commands via crafted ICMP Echo Request packets, as demonstrated by a brute-force attack to discover a cookie, or an attack that occurs after reading the local icmp_echo_sysrq file.