CVE-2016-6277

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-07. Federal remediation due 2022-09-07.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% 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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2016-12-14 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Compound

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2edb7b83fb10aafd26da4f04bf997f44f0ff9bdf4369146e643efdf640b64440

• www.exploit-db.com40889https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.exploit-db.com41598https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• kb.netgear.comhttp://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.sj-vs.nethttp://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/x_refsource_MISC
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#582384https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.securityfocus.com94819http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• kalypto.orghttps://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6277government-resource