CVE-2016-7795

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

0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 49.9% 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

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

2016-10-13 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ef25113130eb519b92c442eea46e7427e6002f2ab5d1e14dd3054062505cf9d0

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160930 Re: CVE Request: systemd v209+: local denial-of-service attackhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160928 CVE Request: systemd v209+: local denial-of-service attackhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com93223http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2610http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.agwa.namehttps://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetx_refsource_MISC
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3094-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1037320http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2694http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT