CVE-2016-6252

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

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

2017-02-17 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5c9a4158129a8d37bbfee932eb3f282a71cc6089540b14b92c76fe4a19912646

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160719 Re: subuid security patches for shadow packagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com92055http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160725 Re: Re: [Pkg-shadow-devel] subuid security patches for shadow packagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160719 subuid security patches for shadow packagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160720 Re: subuid security patches for shadow packagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3793http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN