CVE-2016-5427

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

62.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% 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:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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 14:00Z10 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-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f5c3d72df028adbded53cf21457a4a630eedc40b297e44a2bc1a0a57ccede1a0

• github.comhttps://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036761http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-3664http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com92917http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160909 PowerDNS Security Advisory 2016-01: Crafted queries can cause unexpected backend loadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• doc.powerdns.comhttps://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/x_refsource_CONFIRM