CVE-2016-0751

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

9.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-02-16 02:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:30Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-16

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-399
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fe7775a88b04a963dd6949c076c5d4f7d5577631c1c466a12616a9ff4a4efb2c

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0363http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-94e71ee673http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0751] Possible Object Leak and Denial of Service attack in Action Packhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-f486068393http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com81800http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1034816http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0751] Possible Object Leak and Denial of Service attack in Action Packhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3464http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0296http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT