CVE-2016-5434

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

1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 72.0% 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

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

2017-01-30 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c93d89313869b9cfb585da641097c0871282e83f2eabb3b9892ce970f31d8e4b

• lists.archlinux.org[pacman-dev] 20160606 [PATCH] Fix OOB read and endless loop in signature parser.https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160611 CVE Request for Denial of Service in pacman 5.0.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160614 Re: CVE Request for Denial of Service in pacman 5.0.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200421 Re: Pacman package manager - taking untrusted inputhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST