CVE-2016-2070

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 88.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2016-05-02 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-189
• CWE-369Divide By ZeroBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aab69edc12c39703198fafddccd77972f393e79d741747c472061e461baa9157

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 Linux potential division by zero in TCP codehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b8a321ff72c785ed5e8b4cf6eda20b35d427390x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8b8a321ff72c785ed5e8b4cf6eda20b35d427390x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302219x_refsource_CONFIRM