CVE-2016-4478

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

2.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.8% 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:3.0/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

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

2016-06-13 19:00Z10 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-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1594a3ab4ef2d37b7880efb929c8d2ee998b92bf0caf362f11ba175cbba0ee49

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160503 Re: CVE request: atheme: security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1312http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.debian.orgDSA-3586http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160502 CVE request: atheme: security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST