CVE-2016-10243

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

7.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 93.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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: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

2017-05-02 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

3bfd838074792bd8af00112c4fbcab5d79c7ca0f2d0e3bf8125f65e54598b1b2

• scumjr.github.iohttps://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-a8add6c46chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.tug.orghttps://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.debian.orgDSA-3803http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170305 TeX Live: CVE-2016-10243: whitelists a insecure binary/utility to be run as external programhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com96593http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-b72cafa5b4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA