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CVE-2016-5728

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5728 describes a race condition in the MIC VOP driver within the Linux kernel (before version 4.6.1), affecting Debian and other Linux distributions. This vulnerability, rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.3), allows a local, low-privileged attacker to potentially leak sensitive kernel memory or cause a system crash due to memory corruption. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5728Moderate

kernel: Race condition vulnerability in VOP driver

Apr 27, 2016

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.kernel.org / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3616
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3070-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3070-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3070-3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3070-4
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3071-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3071-2