CVE-2016-3941

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

1.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

2016-04-18 15:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-30

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bc182216b4808182d4d892491b92c3a4798d97add9a2fe1aa6eed7d76e31f112

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1651http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00045.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• mailman.videolan.org[vlc-commits] 20150131 stream: handle seek across EOF correctly (hopefully)https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-commits/2015-January/028938.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1533633x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1035456http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035456vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK