CVE-2016-2516

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

8.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.9% 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:H/PR:L/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

2017-01-30 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

9d6edd3e79c437daed3e889c32c3a600a9d21f76eca50c38ecc9429f69af6496

• www.debian.orgDSA-3629http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com88180http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88180vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#718152https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.securitytracker.com1035705http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3011x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-16:16https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO