CVE-2016-10197

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

5.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.7% 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:3.1/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

Low. 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

2017-03-15 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

91627b86630d2244d231287346350ad1282e72bac49bab477f362a3133298b0c

• www.securityfocus.com96014http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1106https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3789http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170202 Re: Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201705-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170131 Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securitytracker.com1038320http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1104https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1201https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT