CVE-2016-6255

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

26.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

2017-03-07 16:00Z9 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-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d15f28934f67f40feb9ac2a7c56799bc124e417c9b054dff7db3812da890970f

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160720 Re: libupnp write files via POSThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbdx_refsource_MISC
• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-52https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.exploit-db.com40589https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160718 libupnp write files via POSThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3736http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com92050http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050vdb-entryx_refsource_BID