CVE-2016-4476

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

2.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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: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

2016-05-09 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-03

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
• CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ba7dde6f96a8c44bef315e4cd013b069108ccc62ea38fe92f71ce272fdfdba6d

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160503 Re: hostapd/wpa_supplicant - psk configuration parameter update allowing arbitrary data to be writtenhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3455-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU