CVE-2016-4794
Linux kernel Use-After-Free Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:52 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-4794 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2016-4794 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a> CWE-416: Use After Free Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6 Exploit, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html No Types Assigned https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.6 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.18 up to (excluding) 3.18.37 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.19 up to (excluding) 4.1.28 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2 up to (excluding) 4.4.16 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.6.5 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6 Third Party Advisory, Exploit Changed Reference Type https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/17/125 No Types Assigned https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/17/125 Third Party Advisory, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 24, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a> Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 24, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4794 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile