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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2781

chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

  • Published: Feb 7, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2781
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / coreutils - -