What is CVE-2016-0774?

CVE-2016-0774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-0774?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Google Android

CVE-2016-0774

The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in a certain Linux kernel backport in the linux package before 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 on Debian wheezy and the kernel package before 3.10.0-229.26.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an "I/O vector array overrun." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-1805.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-04-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 (vendor-advisory)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.html (vendor-advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0494.html (vendor-advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0774?: CVE-2016-0774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-0774?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.