linux linux-kernel CVE-2016-2847 in Linux and Novell Products
Published on April 27, 2016

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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.

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.08%
Percentile
22.55%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.