CVE-2016-20022

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 14.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-06-27 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-13 17:18Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-06-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

022f98ca766ead32d172de7f275d5c424945b675880f2cb233c1e3ee51873033

• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1486322541-8206-8-git-send-email-w%401wt.eu/
• www.spinics.nethttps://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg144177.html
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aed9d65ac3278d4febd8665bd7db59ef53e825fe