CVE-2016-5400

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

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 30.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/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

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

2016-08-06 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a7315fa871a8ea3928cd29172533c5692e7810510d7a2a3ac4b3260b610594c4

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358184x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160725 CVE-2016-5400 - linux kernel: denial of service in airspy USB driver.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securitytracker.com1036432http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036432vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-4http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aa93d1fee85c890a34f2510a310e55ee76a27848x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92104http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92104vdb-entryx_refsource_BID