CVE catalog
CVE-2016-6224
ecryptfs-utils: CVE-2016-6224
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.37% · Oct 25, 2026
ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8946.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | sid | 111-8 | not affected |
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | forky | 111-8 | not affected |
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | trixie | 111-8 | not affected |
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | bookworm | 111-6 | not affected |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 108-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 109-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 110-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 111-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 111-0ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 108-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 109-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 110-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 111-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | 16.04 | 111-0ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ecryptfs-utils | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | deb | 16.04 | 111-0ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6224 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ecryptfs-utils | deb | 16.04 | 111-0ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | USN-3032-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ecryptfs-utils]Not affected
Details (2)
111-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ecryptfs-utils · debian · bookworm
111-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ecryptfs-utils · debian · bookworm
- [libecryptfs1]Not affected
Source package: [ecryptfs-utils]
Details (2)
111-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ecryptfs-utils · debian · bookworm
111-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ecryptfs-utils · debian · bookworm
- [libecryptfs-dev]Not affected
Source package: [ecryptfs-utils]
Details (2)
111-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ecryptfs-utils · debian · bookworm
111-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ecryptfs-utils · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_0336-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6224]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3032-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6224]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]