CVE-2016-6213

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 30.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.7 (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: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

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9dd548825d0c131a5f88f1dba708470eda79de7bf8a44762f6ee25ac2254f4b9

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160713 Re: cve request: local DoS by overflowing kernel mount table using shared bind mounthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d29216842a85c7970c536108e093963f02714498x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d29216842a85c7970c536108e093963f02714498x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com91754http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91754vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1356471x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT