CVE-2016-5423

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

5.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2016-12-09 23:00Z9 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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-822Untrusted Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b577b8403c13ae52f876ab2f2d8729849ff4ce7b3924bd4514ceede508990661

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1781http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036617http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1821http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3646http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com92433http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-33https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2425https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2606http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1820http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001x_refsource_CONFIRM