What is CVE-2016-5728?

CVE-2016-5728 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.3 out of 10, classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119). CVE-2016-5728 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-5728?

CVE-2016-5728 has a CVSS score of 6.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-5728?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-5728. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2016-5728 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-5728 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CVE-2016-5728

Medium

Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2016-06-27

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

6.3

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-119

CVE-2016-5728 is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability

What is Buffer Overflow?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2016-5728 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2
Kernel.org
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-5728

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.3 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2016-06-27

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5728?

CVE-2016-5728 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.3 out of 10 , classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119) . CVE-2016-5728 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-5728?

CVE-2016-5728 has a CVSS score of 6.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-5728?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-5728. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2016-5728 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2016-5728 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. View CWE-119 on MITRE CWE →