CVE-2016-0794

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

2.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2016-02-18 21:00Z10 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-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e9106f92fb481210d045613b9a6023b97c6da1ca5619813bb4e0614645171491

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1415http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00110.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1805http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00050.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.verisign.com20160217 Multiple Vendor LibreOffice Writer Lotus Word Pro Bullet Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttps://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1222third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-962c0d156dhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178036.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.verisign.com20160217 Multiple Vendor LibreOffice Writer Lotus Word Pro 'ReadRootData' Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttps://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1220third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• www.securitytracker.com1035022http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035022vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2579http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2579.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.libreoffice.orghttps://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-0794/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.verisign.com20160217 Multiple Vendor LibreOffice Writer Lotus Word Pro TabRack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttps://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1221third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• www.debian.orgDSA-3482http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3482vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2899-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2899-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU