CVE-2016-1880 — The Linux compatibility layer in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory and potentially gain privilege via unspecified vectors, related to "handling of Linux futex robust lists."

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The Linux compatibility layer in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory and potentially gain privilege via unspecified vectors, related to "handling of Linux futex robust lists."

Published Feb 15, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.37%

Description

The Linux compatibility layer in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory and potentially gain privilege via unspecified vectors, related to "handling of Linux futex robust lists."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00368

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00368

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.37% (0.00368)	28.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00368)	28.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00127)	29.52th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034675
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034675		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 15, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Jan 13, 2016

Link CVE-2016-1880

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-1880

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-1880