Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-7796 is a local denial-of-service issue in systemd. A local user can send an empty notification message that disables systemd’s notification handler and may hang the system. The bundle does not provide a CVSS score or complete affected-version matrix, but vendor advisories indicate enterprise Linux distributions shipped fixes. Systems running affected systemd builds are the likely exposure, especially multi-user Linux servers where untrusted local users or workloads can interact with systemd notification paths. The bundle does not enumerate exact affected products or CPEs. Treat this as a moderate operational resilience issue. It requires local access, so internet-facing exploitability is not indicated, but affected shared or multi-user servers could experience disruptive hangs until vendor updates are applied. Mitigation focus: Apply relevant vendor systemd updates from Red Hat, SUSE, or your distribution.; Check vendor advisories for exact fixed package versions before prioritizing remediation.; Reduce untrusted local shell or workload access on systems awaiting updates..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CVE-2016-7796 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHBA-2015:2092CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.