CVE-2016-2179

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

26.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.9% 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

2016-09-16 00:00Z10 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-399
• CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

019ca41af26de3e9f039284c5451335a35517ff04f5e044f8a0a8cb0cf4c4b7f

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• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1940http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.htmlvendor-advisory
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
• kb.pulsesecure.nethttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312
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• www.splunk.comhttp://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
• www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
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• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
• www.securitytracker.com1036689http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036689vdb-entry
• www.securityfocus.com92987http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92987vdb-entry
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
• bto.bluecoat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-16:26https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.ascvendor-advisory
• git.openssl.orghttps://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5c7f5dfbaf0d2f7d946d0fe86f08e6bcb36ed0d
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• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf