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CVE-2016-6224

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6224 describes a vulnerability in eCryptfs where the ecryptfs-setup-swap utility fails to prevent the activation of an unencrypted swap partition during boot on NVMe or MMC drives using GPT partitioning. This flaw, an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability, could allow local users to access sensitive information. Rated with a CVSSv3 score of 3.3 (LOW), it requires local access and low privileges, with a low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 110CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 1,509 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6224Moderate

ecryptfs-utils: ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive

Jul 6, 2016

References

bazaar.launchpad.net / ~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
bugs.launchpad.net / ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3032-1
Third Party Advisory