CVE-2016-7118

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 29.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2016-08-31 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-31

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0203880a3b85536d8b769867138ce33b06bb40bd521fbd55ac75fbd96bfd5d76

• www.securityfocus.com92697http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92697vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160831 Re: CVE request: Kernel Oops when issuing fcntl on an AUFS directoryhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/31/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• seclists.org[oss-security] 20160831 CVE request: Kernel Oops when issuing fcntl on an AUFS directoryhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/395mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST