01 Record

CVE-2016-6224

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: Equal to or higher than the score of 30.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 3.3 (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:L/I:N/A:N
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.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-07-22 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1e002ac2ca8167be746457f8605e5022f2a8b3978db27a704e4992696f5f2537

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

ecryptfsecryptfs-utilsNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failureshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160713 CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failureshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3032-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-41301e2187https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
bazaar.launchpad.nethttps://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

ecryptfs-utils
Fixed in 111-0ubuntu1.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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