CVE-2016-4579

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

3.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% 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

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

2016-06-13 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-11

Assigning CNA

microfocus

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-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cd0938cae06795ac22004988cda2f9d627e4293b56807827444238468631bc3d

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2982-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160511 Re: CVE request: libksba out-of-bouds read remote DOS issue fixed in 1.3.4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1525http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-22vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160510 CVE request: libksba out-of-bouds read remote DOS issue fixed in 1.3.4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.gnupg.orghttp://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64x_refsource_CONFIRM