CVE-2016-7545

high
Published 2017-01-19 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
8.8

Description

SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7545

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7545.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/commit/acca96a135a4d2a028ba9b636886af99c0915379

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
redhat rhel6.0affected
fedora fedora25affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5-3
debian debianforkyfixed2.5-3
debian debiansidfixed2.5-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
selinux_projectselinux-

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.