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CVE-2016-6187

7.8 highEPSS 2.4%

The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-119, CWE-264
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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