Is CVE-2016-9120 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-9120 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-9120?

CVE-2016-9120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-9120?

CVE-2016-9120 has an EPSS score of 1.74% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9120?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 4.6.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-9120

HIGHEPSS 75th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:4.6.1-1CVE-2016-9120

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.