CVE-2016-2847

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

0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 46.1% 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

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

2016-04-27 17:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-06

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-399
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7386ba541cc6ef867dda9a335c910ab1d3c2a71becf081dd537793f0e2d1361f

• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1690http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313428x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1696http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2949-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2949-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com83870http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83870vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3503http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2947-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160301 CVE request -- linux kernel: pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2584http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2574http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2947-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2947-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2947-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1707http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1672http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/759c01142a5d0f364a462346168a56de28a80f52x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2946-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0217http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2948-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2946-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2946-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2948-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1937http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE