What is CVE-2016-6224?

CVE-2016-6224 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-6224?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils

CVE-2016-6224

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8946.

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

EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 15.10
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6224?: CVE-2016-6224 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-6224?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.