CVE-2016-5042

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

4.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.9% 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

2017-02-17 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2eabb1542ed7cf5650d5bffaa8f7d6a4d8a69dba23df9e74e4fb44712de58a55

• www.prevanders.nethttps://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160524 CVE request: Multiple vunerabilities in libdwarf & dwarfdumphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160524 Re: CVE request: Multiple vunerabilities in libdwarf & dwarfdumphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332145x_refsource_CONFIRM