{"cve":"CVE-2016-0723","nvd":{"published":"2016-02-08T03:59:09.840","modified":"2026-06-17T00:38:05.653","status":"Modified","description":"Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","score":6.8},"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-362"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c17c861a357e9458001f021a7afa7aab9937439","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:48.328043465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-0723","score":0.00382,"percentile":0.32312,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}