Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

51 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2016

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In May 2016, 51 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 23 were rated High severity and 27 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 51 CVEs represent 27% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs , up from April's 30 (a 70% month-over-month increase) .

51
Total CVEs
0
Critical
23
High
27
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2016 51 CVEs
All (51) Critical (0) High (23) Medium (27) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2016-4794 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of ser…
CVE-2016-4565 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 incorrectly relies on the write system call, which allow…
CVE-2016-4913 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 The get_rock_ridge_filename function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles NM (aka alternate n…
CVE-2016-4557 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 The replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not properly ma…
CVE-2016-4951 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, w…
CVE-2016-4568 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of servi…
CVE-2016-4805 linux High 7.8 2016-05-23 Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to ca…
CVE-2015-0570 linux High 7.8 2016-05-09 Stack-based buffer overflow in the SET_WPS_IE IOCTL implementation in wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver…
CVE-2015-0569 linux High 7.8 2016-05-09 Heap-based buffer overflow in the private wireless extensions IOCTL implementation in wlan_hdd_wext.c in the WLAN (aka …
CVE-2015-8019 linux High 7.8 2016-05-02 The skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel 3.14.54 and 3.18.22 does not a…
CVE-2012-6689 linux High 7.8 2016-05-02 The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid…
CVE-2015-2686 linux High 7.8 2016-05-02 net/socket.c in the Linux kernel 3.19 before 3.19.3 does not validate certain range data for (1) sendto and (2) recvfro…
CVE-2016-1575 linux High 7.8 2016-05-02 The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which a…
CVE-2015-8830 linux High 7.8 2016-05-02 Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to caus…
CVE-2012-6701 linux High 7.8 2016-05-02 Integer overflow in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possib…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2016?

51 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2016, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 23 High, and 27 Medium.

How does May 2016 compare to other months?

May 2016's 51 CVEs represent 27% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to April's 30 CVEs, this was a 70% increase month-over-month. View the full 2016 breakdown →

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