CVE-2016-2090

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

3.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.7% 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:3.1/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

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

2017-01-13 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-28

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9d2bb90e8782b8ce26d7fcb1c1f55f096b4145cd25c4d33aa821cd02233e73ae

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-d3e562bb52https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KJE5SPSX7HEKLZ34LUTZLXWPEL2K353/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/36-Heap-buffer-overflow-in-fgetwln-function-of-libbsd.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5c3d057783https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIQKQ42Z7553D46QY3IMIQKS52QTNIHY/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93881x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160128 Re: Heap buffer overflow in fgetwln function of libbsdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/?id=c8f0723d2b4520bdd6b9eb7c3e7976de726d7ff7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-13vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191230 [SECURITY] [DLA 2052-1] libbsd security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00036.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4243-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU