CVE-2016-8646

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

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 36.5% 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

2016-11-28 03:01Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-12

Assigning CNA

redhat

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

3076e0df4ee6a7c31247a4f4685aff8e81a2b63094ce4207c31d95979dabfbe6

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388821x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1308https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94309http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94309vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.6x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1298https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161115 CVE-2016-8646: linux kernel - oops in shash_async_export()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1297https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT