CVE-2016-2173

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

6.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.1% 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

2017-04-21 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5afbbe927671f86242ec2d37092e8e2a27c763715806a6600155e6958887a643

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-6cf17ad0dfhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182959.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-005ac9cfd5http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182551.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• pivotal.iohttps://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-2173x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326205x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-f099190feehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182850.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA