CVE-2016-6866

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

2.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% 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

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

2017-02-15 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

39e16f929de86396fa79bab9ec55e13bf20c22f392dd19c2dcc6d857eaa316f2

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160818 Re: CVE request - slock, all versions NULL pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/24mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• s1m0n.dft-labs.euhttp://s1m0n.dft-labs.eu/files/slock/slock.txtx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-985b68721bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZPEJQNVODYSI4WQXM5GQKXRO7TPK2VG/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160818 CVE request - slock, all versions NULL pointer dereferencehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/22mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.suckless.orghttp://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/?id=d8bec0f6fdc8a246d78cb488a0068954b46fcb29x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-1b7e66c08bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FYPV6QQPPYBL3Z2BYNYEJB67FSC55OR/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com92546http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92546vdb-entryx_refsource_BID