CVE-2016-2217

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

2.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 83.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (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:L/I:N/A:N

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

2017-01-30 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-320
• CWE-327Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic AlgorithmClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ad5cebbe3923e73c955e2d0996fcf41264dd62f8ad2632b2a5983f200a4447ed

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-23vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.dest-unreach.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv7.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160203 Re: Socat security advisory 7 - Created new 2048bit DH modulushttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/04/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160201 Socat security advisory 7 - Created new 2048bit DH modulushttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/01/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST