CVE-2016-2073

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

2.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 82.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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

2016-02-12 15:26Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d8b42837efded44fbacb29826ccac0bd6c79aea0a21a3044a25b7eaa259efc67

• www.securitytracker.com1035011http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035011vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-3593https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2994-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160126 Re: Out-of-bounds Read in the libxml2's htmlParseNameComplex() functionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/26/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-37https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 Out-of-bounds Read in the libxml2's htmlParseNameComplex() functionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com85267http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85267vdb-entryx_refsource_BID