CVE-2016-4794

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 23 May 2016, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability +0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.18, < 3.18.37 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.28 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.16 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.6.5

References (12)