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CVE-2016-2847

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of…

Medium6.2EPSS 0.56%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By redhat

  2. · 52 days later

    Published

  3. · 8 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-2847, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

Affected products

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    • affected n/a

References (28)

Sources

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