CVE-2016-7796

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The manager_dispatch_notify_fd function in systemd allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket, which causes an error to be returned and the notification handler to be disabled.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 13, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-7796: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix