CVE-2016-1983

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

2.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.8% 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:3.0/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

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

2016-01-27 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-21

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
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3aad821708369c73d6e04f6fde3becc9b7282bd3a4948278e60dda5ac6bd6a92

• www.debian.orgDSA-3460http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3460vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160121 Re: CVE request for Privoxy 3.0.24http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160121 CVE request for Privoxy 3.0.24http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/21/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/parsers.c?r1=1.302&r2=1.303x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-bc7acd24c6http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176492.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-29995fbd42http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176475.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.privoxy.orghttp://www.privoxy.org/announce.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM