CVE-2016-7795

PoC ×2—

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p48

Published

Oct 13, 2016 (Oct 13, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The manager_invoke_notify_message function in systemd 231 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and PID 1 hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket.

Vendors: canonical systemd project
Products: ubuntu linux, systemd
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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