Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

28 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2016

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In August 2016, 28 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated Critical, 13 were rated High severity and 12 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 28 CVEs represent 13% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs , up from July's 7 (a 300% month-over-month increase) .

28
Total CVEs
3
Critical
13
High
12
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2016 28 CVEs
All (28) Critical (3) High (13) Medium (12) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2016-5344 linux Critical 9.8 2016-08-30 Multiple integer overflows in the MDSS driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) An…
CVE-2015-0573 linux Critical 9.8 2016-08-07 drivers/media/platform/msm/broadcast/tsc.c in the TSC driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation C…
CVE-2014-9410 linux Critical 9.8 2016-08-07 The vfe31_proc_general function in drivers/media/video/msm/vfe/msm_vfe31.c in the MSM-VFE31 driver for the Linux kernel…
CVE-2016-5342 linux High 7.8 2016-08-30 Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in the wcnss_wla…
CVE-2016-5340 linux High 7.8 2016-08-07 The is_ashmem_file function in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c in a certain Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android …
CVE-2016-2064 linux High 7.8 2016-08-07 sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-audio-effects-q6-v2.c in the MSM QDSP6 audio driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qual…
CVE-2016-2063 linux High 7.8 2016-08-07 Stack-based buffer overflow in the supply_lm_input_write function in drivers/thermal/supply_lm_core.c in the MSM Therma…
CVE-2016-2065 linux High 7.8 2016-08-07 sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-audio-effects-q6-v2.c in the MSM QDSP6 audio driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qual…
CVE-2015-0568 linux High 7.8 2016-08-07 Use-after-free vulnerability in the msm_set_crop function in drivers/media/video/msm/msm_camera.c in the MSM-Camera dri…
CVE-2016-6187 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buf…
CVE-2014-9870 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, do…
CVE-2016-3070 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel before 4.4 improp…
CVE-2016-6162 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel 4.7-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have …
CVE-2014-9888 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nex…
CVE-2016-6516 linux High 7.4 2016-08-06 Race condition in the ioctl_file_dedupe_range function in fs/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2016?

28 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2016, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated Critical severity, 13 High, and 12 Medium.

How does August 2016 compare to other months?

August 2016's 28 CVEs represent 13% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 7 CVEs, this was a 300% increase month-over-month. View the full 2016 breakdown →

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