CVE-2016-2847

MediumCVSS 6.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.2/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Apr 27, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2847: Medium severity, CVSS 6.2 | Vulnix