CVE-2016-6187

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

2.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.5% 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

Important. 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 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-09

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-264
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b3ccfa9492fce391b11f2fa46f4f29c3bd77d9caa5419dba3cf7ea81888b0c20

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096cax_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096cax_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160709 Re: CVE request: apparmor: oops in apparmor_setprocattr()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• marc.info[linux-kernel] 20160708 [GIT PULL] Fix for AppArmor oops in apparmor_setprocattr()http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146793642811929&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354383x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com91696http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91696vdb-entryx_refsource_BID