{"id":"CVE-2016-6480","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6480","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:35.351Z","title":"Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a \"double…","description":"Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a \"double fetch\" vulnerability.","published":"2016-08-06T20:59:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00339,"percentile":0.27091,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). 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