CVE-2016-9756

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

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.7% 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:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

756567e0ead2539a16565b61923df1bc1aa05c732d28e831f223593355b75188

• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161201 CVE request: Kernel: kvm: stack memory information leakagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0cx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94615http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0cx_refsource_CONFIRM