CVE-2016-0756

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

2.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (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:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2016-01-29 20:00Z10 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e0ab10c4208f5ed77c482ff686f7f3e38ef38e3bdf63cc5318262b5edaf4827e

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e2c5111edahttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176796.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com82241http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82241vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5a5c85c5a8http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176914.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• prosody.imhttps://prosody.im/issues/issue/596x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160127 CVE-2016-0756: Prosody XMPP server: insecure dialback key generation/validation algorithmhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• blog.prosody.imhttp://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-10-released/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3463http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3463vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• prosody.imhttps://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160127/x_refsource_CONFIRM