Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in July 2016

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In July 2016, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical, 5 were rated High severity and 1 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. July's 7 CVEs represent 3% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs , down from June's 17 (a 59% month-over-month decrease) .

7
Total CVEs
1
Critical
5
High
1
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — July 2016 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (1) High (5) Medium (1) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2016-3955 linux Critical 9.8 2016-07-03 The usbip_recv_xbuff function in drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows remote attack…
CVE-2016-2068 linux High 7.8 2016-07-11 The MSM QDSP6 audio driver (aka sound driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) An…
CVE-2016-2067 linux High 7.8 2016-07-11 drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the MSM graphics driver (aka GPU driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innova…
CVE-2014-9803 linux High 7.8 2016-07-11 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.15-rc5-next-20140519, as used in Android before 2016-07-0…
CVE-2016-4997 linux High 7.8 2016-07-03 The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE and IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementations in the netfilter subsystem in the Linu…
CVE-2016-4998 linux High 7.1 2016-07-03 The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local…
CVE-2016-6130 linux Medium 4.7 2016-07-03 Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allow…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2016?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2016, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical severity, 5 High, and 1 Medium.

How does July 2016 compare to other months?

July 2016's 7 CVEs represent 3% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to June's 17 CVEs, this was a 59% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2016 breakdown →

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