CVE-2016-7116

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

0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 46.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2016-12-10 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-30

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f3b23c4929a9848fe5483fb24bc26cdfbc7c81e523320b0b720854477a9a7519

• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160826 [PATCH v2 0/5] 9P security fixeshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03917.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160830 Re: CVE request: Qemu: 9p: directory traversal flaw in 9p virtio backendhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com92680http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92680vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201609-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=56f101ecce0eafd09e2daf1c4eeb1377d6959261x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160830 CVE request: Qemu: 9p: directory traversal flaw in 9p virtio backendhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160830 [PATCH v4 0/3] 9pfs security fixeshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04231.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST