CVE-2016-4440

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

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 30.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2016-06-27 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264
• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

25742152806bba548dbf155a46088c85b1f8e4bad2f2470eabc523cb4b6bdf79

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1337806x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ce424e45411cf5a13105e0386b6ecf6eeb4f66fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160520 CVE-2016-4440 Kernel: kvm: vmx: incorrect state update leading to MSR accesshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3ce424e45411cf5a13105e0386b6ecf6eeb4f66fx_refsource_CONFIRM