CVE-2016-4491

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

1.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 76.7% 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

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

2017-02-24 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-05

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

9b6ad492a835ca602c662e9f31af61d0ff9e5b1270669d6779f87e41af702ce2

• gcc.gnu.orghttps://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70909x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160505 Re: CVE Request: No Demangling During Analysis of Untrusted Binarieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com90016http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90016vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• gcc.gnu.org[gcc-patches] 20160502 Fix for PR70909 in Libiberty Demangler (4)https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST