CVE-2016-5244: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5244 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 5.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 6% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 13Timeline
- 27-06-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
5.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.52% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu21 products
- linux< 3.13.0-95.142 | < 4.4.0-36.55
- linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-azure-6.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-azure-fdeAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-azure-fde-5.15All versions (No fix recorded)
Suse8 products
- linux_enterprise_debuginfo11:sp4
- linux_enterprise_desktop12
- linux_enterprise_real_time_extension11:sp4 | 12:sp1
- linux_enterprise_server11:extra | 11:sp4
- linux_enterprise_workstation_extension12
Debian1 product
- linux< 4.6.2-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL23 | 24 | 22
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≤ 4.6.3
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 5
6 vendors · 33 products
References
35 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory