What is CVE-2016-10200?

CVE-2016-10200 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0 out of 10, classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264). CVE-2016-10200 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10200?

CVE-2016-10200 has a CVSS score of 7.0 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10200?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2016-10200 patch availability.

Is CVE-2016-10200 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-10200 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CVE-2016-10200

High

Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-03-07

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.0

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-264

CVE-2016-10200 is a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control vulnerability

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

11 total

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14

Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=32c231164b762dddefa13af5a0101032c70b50ef

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32c231164b762dddefa13af5a0101032c70b50ef

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Source
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html

Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101783

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-10200

Severity High

CVSS score 7.0 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2017-03-07

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10200?

CVE-2016-10200 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0 out of 10 , classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264) . CVE-2016-10200 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10200?

CVE-2016-10200 has a CVSS score of 7.0 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10200?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2016-10200 patch availability.
Is CVE-2016-10200 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2016-10200 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.