CVE-2016-9962

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9962
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9962.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9962
Aliases
Downstream
BELL (1)
CGA (4)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (5)
RHSA (3)
SUSE (4)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (5)
SUSE (4)
Published
2017-01-31T22:59:01Z
Modified
2026-10-24T13:53:40Z
Severity
  • 6.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

Database specific 
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    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "1.11.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "1.12.6"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "docker:docker"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git
github.com/docker-archive/engine

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/docker-archive/engine
Events
Introduced
4dc5990d7565a4a15d641bc6a0bc50a02cfcf302
Fixed
78d18021ecba00c00730dec9d56de6896f9e708d
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "1.11.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "1.12.6"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9962.json"
github.com/moby/moby

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/moby/moby
Events
Introduced
4dc5990d7565a4a15d641bc6a0bc50a02cfcf302
Fixed
78d18021ecba00c00730dec9d56de6896f9e708d
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "1.11.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "1.12.6"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "original_tag": "v1.12.6",
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "78d18021ecba00c00730dec9d56de6896f9e708d"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_TAG"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9962.json"
github.com/opencontainers/runc

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9962.json"
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-10-24T13:53:40Z"