CVE-2016-4472

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

11.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

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

2016-06-30 17:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:03Z21 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2016-05-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

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

5.2

Document digest

183d83bf1c6ee20cb554f6fd2a41ce5e06c6492f04607c2a565fbfefad2bfaa0

• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3013-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com91528http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bdex_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-21https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• kc.mcafee.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365x_refsource_CONFIRM