CVE-2016-1238

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

0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 53.3% 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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

2016-08-02 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-27

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7b06a2f3bbe0bff76015beccd06fd4316a1cd78d293388d99d1058f03cf57e80

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-75https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201812-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• perl5.git.perl.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41abx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036440http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-3628http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20180916 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 resolves CVE-2017-15705, CVE-2016-1238, CVE-2018-11780 & CVE-2018-11781https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-6ec2009080https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZBNQH3DMI7HDELJAZ4TFJJANHXOEDWH/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.nntp.perl.org[perl.perl5.porters] 20160725 CVE-2016-1238: Important unsafe module load path flawhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e9e5c081d4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FBQOCV3GBAN2EYZUM3CFDJ4ECA3GZOK/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-dd20a4631ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOFRQWJRP2NQJEYEWOMECVW3HAMD5SYN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com92136http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92136vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181113 [SECURITY] [DLA 1578-1] spamassassin security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rt.perl.orghttps://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=127834x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1831http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE