What is CVE-2016-7118?

CVE-2016-7118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-7118?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Debian Linux

CVE-2016-7118

fs/fcntl.c in the "aufs 3.2.x+setfl-debian" patch in the linux-image package 3.2.0-4 (kernel 3.2.81-1) in Debian wheezy mishandles F_SETFL fcntl calls on directories, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via standard filesystem operations, as demonstrated by scp from an AUFS filesystem.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7118?: CVE-2016-7118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-7118?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.