CVE-2016-5716

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

1.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 76.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:H/I:H/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

2017-08-09 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 23:46Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-16

Assigning CNA

puppet

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a14ca264697beff0a3280328dd7821ed027f91bef3cf1721df73bec769e23afd

• puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/pe-console-oct-2016x_refsource_CONFIRM