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CVE-2016-7796

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.85% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-10-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-7796
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.85%

Original NVD Description

The manager_dispatch_notify_fd function in systemd allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket, which causes an error to be returned and the notification handler to be disabled.