VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2847

CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.56%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-04-27

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.