CVE-2016-5418

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

4.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.2% 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:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2016-09-21 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-19
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dbf2d5a3a1a7dd80cd41fea456a70b477041a16756bac2b38a755ca491835fb5

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1852https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1852vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1853https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1853vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/dfd6b54ce33960e420fb206d8872fb759b577ad9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1844http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/anonymous/e48209b03f1dd9625a992717e7b89c4fx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/746x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1850http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com93165http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93165vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160809 FreeBSD update components vulns (libarchive, bsdiff, portsnap)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/09/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST