CVE-2016-7081

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

0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 42.1% 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:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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

2016-12-29 09:02Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5ab3923047816eafa672715b17777702620d298c1b3579438c428becb7f5ec4b

• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036805http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036805vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com92935http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92935vdb-entryx_refsource_BID