CVE-2016-2847

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2847DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2847
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Modified
Published: 27 Apr 2016, 17:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.2 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.56% LOW
1% probability +0.48%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Apr 2016, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.56%• Percentile: 45%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.3.5-1 | < 4.3.5-1 | < 4.3.5-1 | < 4.3.5-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-85.129

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-wily

    < 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.4.8

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    11.0:sp4

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud

    12.0

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension

    11.0:sp4 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11.0:extra | 11.0:sp4 | 12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    11.0:sp4 | 12.0 | 12.0:sp1

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension

    12.0 | 12.0:sp1

References (42)