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CVE-2016-2781

CVE-2016-2781 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM

chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

EPSS 0.43% · 34.7th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
4.599999904632568
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.43%
34.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTScoreutils0, 8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04, 8.23-4ubuntu2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTScoreutils8.32-4.1ubuntu1.1, 8.32-4.1ubuntu1.2, 0
Ubuntu:25.10coreutils9.5-1ubuntu3, 9.5-1ubuntu4, 9.5-1ubuntu2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTScoreutils8.26-3ubuntu4, 8.28-1ubuntu1, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTScoreutils8.30-3ubuntu2, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTScoreutils9.4-3ubuntu6.1, 9.1-1ubuntu2, 9.4-2ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTScoreutils8.21-1ubuntu5.4, 8.21-1ubuntu5.3, 8.21-1ubuntu5.1

Timeline

  • Feb 7, 2017 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • May 30, 2023 EPSS Score

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