{"cve":"CVE-2016-0774","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-27T17:59:06.117","modified":"2026-06-17T00:38:12.143","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in a certain Linux kernel backport in the linux package before 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 on Debian wheezy and the kernel package before 3.10.0-229.26.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an \"I/O vector array overrun.\" NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-1805.","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-20"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00029.html"],"products":["google:android","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-0774","score":0.00337,"percentile":0.27204,"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."]}