CVE-2016-6163

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

1.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.4% 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

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

2017-02-03 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-05

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8db2b6a90ef9d5ac3996b5c15a0fedaaabd9f9e538e3df3027f7392eab67ff78

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160705 Re: Browsing and attaching images considered harmful in Linuxhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160704 Browsing and attaching images considered harmful in Linuxhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/04/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353520x_refsource_CONFIRM