CVE-2016-9794

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

0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 26.3% 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-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b3005e7030624d305658168c42f3d8777fb0b046ec634e1be312d64103a7a9b7

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401494x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3118http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00057.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3248http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00088.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• patchwork.kernel.orghttps://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8752621/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3188http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00072.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2574http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00062.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3203http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00075.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3217http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00081.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161203 CVE request: -- Linux kernel: ALSA: use-after-free in,kill_fasynchttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94654http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94654vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:3252http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00091.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE