CVE-2016-6318

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

0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 54.1% 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:3.1/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

Low. 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

2016-09-07 19:00Z10 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-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

99244a761b2fbb85721caa79d5b8daf818f45fc198645bc34351612e61514890

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160816 cracklib: Stack-based buffer overflow when parsing large GECOS fieldhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/16/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2204http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00122.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com92478http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92478vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-25https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-25vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200524 [SECURITY] [DLA 2220-1] cracklib2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00023.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST