CVE-2016-5840

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

7.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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

2016-06-30 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

436d3e16e36312fd373da52bc98eb00a5ca34c4558f582b3e61fc6af5e1729ac

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-373x_refsource_MISC
• jvndb.jvn.jpJVNDB-2016-000103http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000103.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
• jvn.jpJVN#55428526http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55428526/index.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
• www.exploit-db.com40180https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40180/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• esupport.trendmicro.comhttp://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-US/1114281.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM