CVE-2016-2224

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

2.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% 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

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

2017-03-24 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2932491971a0e6b66d6fdc063bb775f3808438a13c5f747bdc4f2e0aac2fdfaa

• www.securityfocus.com82903http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82903vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160205 CVE Request uclibc-ng dns resolver issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224x_refsource_CONFIRM
• repo.or.czhttp://repo.or.cz/uclibc-ng.git/commit/d9c3a16dcab57d6b56225b9a67e9119cc9e2e4acx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160205 Re: CVE Request uclibc-ng dns resolver issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST