CVE-2016-9793

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

1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 74.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4de4bb3ed4f2e81684b622356a9c9aeaee254b13d3c205a9fd087f5b073b54bf

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b98b0bc8c431e3ceb4b26b0dfc8db509518fb290x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1037968http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b98b0bc8c431e3ceb4b26b0dfc8db509518fb290x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0932https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-9793x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com94655http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94655vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE Request: Linux: signed overflows for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0933https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0931https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402013x_refsource_CONFIRM