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CVE-2016-3070

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3070 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions before 4.4, including Debian distributions. A local attacker can trigger this flaw by manipulating page moves, leading to a denial of service (system crash) and potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it requires local access and low privileges, but its impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability is high. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3070Low

kernel: Null pointer dereference in trace_writeback_dirty_page()

May 10, 2016

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743
Issue TrackingPatch
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2016-3070
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3607
securityfocus.com / bid/90518
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3034-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3034-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3035-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3035-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3035-3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3036-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3037-1