CVE-2016-4578

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

1.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2016-05-23 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-665Improper InitializationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f8749f6115010b55d10ea0ca4962103bb3bd9965f5f68d5172ae0d548e21c960

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• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3017-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.exploit-db.com46529https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3017-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3018-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3021-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3017-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335215x_refsource_CONFIRM
• 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-3019-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1641http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.debian.orgDSA-3607http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com90535http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3016-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1672http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3021-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3018-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160511 Re: CVE Request: alsa: kernel information leak vulnerability in Linux sound/core/timerhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2105http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3016-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3016-4http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3020-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1937http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE