CVE-2016-2779
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2779
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2779.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2779
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-07T15:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
- References