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CVE-2016-1583

CVE-2016-1583 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.

EPSS 1.39% · 71.3th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.39%
71.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1012.12, 4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1013.15
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily4.2.0-22.27~14.04.1, 0, *
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1, 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0, 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1, 4.4.0-14.30~14.04.2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi24.4.0-1003.4, 4.3.0-1006.6, 4.2.0-1014.21
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1, 0, 3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0, 4.3.0-6.17, 4.3.0-7.18
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-30.54, 3.13.0-29.53, 3.13.0-27.50

Timeline

  • Jun 8, 2016 CVE Published
  • Jun 21, 2016 PoC Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 29, 2023 EPSS Score

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