CVE-2016-5728

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

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2016-06-27 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

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-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5df4efac11997a1ba3e748dd20b8f23aee057d1e56aa85e7f0279c09cf2292a5

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.kernel.orghttps://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3071-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.debian.orgDSA-3616http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-4http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com20160630 [CVE-2016-5728] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.5/drivers/misc/mic/host/mic_virtio.chttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538802/30/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3071-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU