CVE-2016-7796

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

0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 57.9% 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-253Incorrect Check of Function Return ValueBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6417c59eb21f7db7de47b3a4bc3f47d6f7946f8809e765b4776189e023d3f314

• 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.agwa.namehttps://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2475http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0003http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2476http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1037320http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com93250http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHBA-2015:2092https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT