CVE-2016-10221

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

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

2017-04-03 05:44Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 15:25Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

77dbf1c2e61df14b7c5e0bcccdf133cef11bf6bf3e4cb0bcf7e10e32e2415668

• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697400
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08vendor-advisory
• www.ghostscript.comhttp://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?2590fed7a355a421f062ebd4293df892800fa7ac