CVE-2016-4973

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

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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

2017-06-07 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-24

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

5.1

Document digest

e3e820566a2edfdbfa7ae475fc7cf83c4e22c2304862d7954f78a797e9887fb4

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92530http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160817 CVE-2016-4973 gcc: Targets using libssp for SSP are missing -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE functionalityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST