CVE-2016-1248

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

25.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.8% 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

2016-11-23 15:00Z9 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

74eec1c55c38e27ee7941db01cd05909dbdfaf18c2714db601ae9c9a302c0e65

• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-29https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.debian.orgDSA-3722http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20161122 [SECURITY] [DLA 718-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3139-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securitytracker.com1037338http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94478http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2972http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• anonscm.debian.orghttps://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelogx_refsource_CONFIRM