Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2016-5195
Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."
CISA KEV
CVSS Base Score
7.0
HIGH
Exploitability:1.1
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:83.52%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2022-03-03
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2022-03-24
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
83.524%
EPSS Percentile
99.6th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
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SSVC Automatable
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Vulnerability Class
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | - |
| Assigning Authority | - |
| CVSS Version / Source | - |
| Reserved | - |
| Published | - |
| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| No affected products specified. | ||
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