CVE-2016-6302

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

27.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.0% 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: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

2016-09-16 00:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-26

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d28e47b54f03051c9b179589db4ad2e8a5281bded9fcda8cd618872a1e1bfe7c

• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2185https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2185vendor-advisory
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2186https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2186vendor-advisory
• www.splunk.comhttp://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1940http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.htmlvendor-advisory
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
• www.securityfocus.com92628http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628vdb-entry
• kb.pulsesecure.nethttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312
• git.openssl.orghttps://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9
• www.splunk.comhttp://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
• www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
• www.securitytracker.com1036885http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885vdb-entry
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
• bto.bluecoat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-16:26https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.ascvendor-advisory
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2187https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2187vendor-advisory
• kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf