CVE-2016-2548

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

0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 37.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2016-04-27 17:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

14b14c62d9d480f749d654581b9b2181cc67802e90686ae60dee13521b55e442

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com83383http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83383vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securitytracker.com1035306http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035306vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311568x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3503http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160119 Security bugs in Linux kernel sound subsystemhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1102http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2929-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2932-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2931-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2929-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0911http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE