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Case File

CVE-2016-1583

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.39% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-06-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗
External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2016-1583
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.39%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.