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CVE-2016-3699
The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled,…
High7.4EPSS 0.50%
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- redhat
Description
The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329653 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160922 kernel: ACPI table override is allowed when securelevel is enabled (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 93114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .