CVE-2016-5240

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

2.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% 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

2017-02-27 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e40af14819bcee9609d74341df8c3320fd9fce7fba40932dcf1a1a552b13251a

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1237https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160501 CVE request: DoS in multiple versions of GraphicsMagickhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com89348http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160602 Re: CVE request: DoS in multiple versions of GraphicsMagickhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3746http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160501 Re: CVE request: DoS in multiple versions of GraphicsMagickhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.graphicsmagick.orghttp://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• hg.graphicsmagick.orghttp://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=ddc999ec896cx_refsource_CONFIRM