CVE-2016-51957.0HighCWE-362

CVE-2016-5195: Linux Kernel vulnerability

Linux · Kernel

Fixed in 4.8.3 · Affected: Linux Kernel before 4.8.3 · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 3 Mar 2022

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue3 Mar 2022
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

83.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.0HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."

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Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 3 Mar 2022 · catalogue entry
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Race Condition · Race Conditions
Vendor: Linux
Published: November 2016
Band: Exploited in the wild, November 2016

What changed

3 Mar 2022
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2016-5195 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

References

28 more references are in the CVE record.