VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7795

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-10-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The manager_invoke_notify_message function in systemd 231 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and PID 1 hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references