CVE-2016-5421

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

8.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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

2016-08-10 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:01Z2 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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

08ae73184a0d19f66bb3c4a1e391f9676a489e95af16dd283bfdc2079c88dfcf

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3558https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.slackware.comSSA:2016-219-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
• www.securityfocus.com92306http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3638http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2227http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2379http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1036536http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-24316f1f56https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-8354baae0fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-47https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3048-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU