CVE-2016-2315

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

17.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.8% 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

Important. 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

2016-04-08 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-11

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
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2aa776a74e350bdd5505bb9773c8f8037f3ac9a1181a623d0e021019f94ff947

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• www.securityfocus.com84355http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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