CVE-2016-3120

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

4.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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

Low. 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

2016-08-01 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:47Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2cdbf742c7049cfff648ee90457c0d3987e4e7bc5e1daf9b6c6fcb55141b3bb7

• github.comhttps://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/93b4a6306a0026cf1cc31ac4bd8a49ba5d034ba7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92132http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92132vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180131 [SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2268http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00035.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• krbdev.mit.eduhttp://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8458x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036442http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036442vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.13/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2591http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2591.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.14/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-0674a3c372https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AWL3KYFRJIX37EAM4DKCQQIQP2WBKL35/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA