Linux Kernel CVE Statistics
28 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2016
Full month · Source: NIST NVD
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
| 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… |