CVE-2016-7420

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

1.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

2016-09-16 00:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-14 20:04Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

90aa26a7d497ae87747c89cad4078cfabf9d1fc77bd58e7ce2ff43a178a6eacc

• github.comhttps://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
• www.securityfocus.com92988http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988vdb-entry
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160915 Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1mailing-list
• github.comhttps://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160915 Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230928 Re: CVE-2023-4863: libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codechttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230928 Re: CVE-2023-4863: libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codechttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4mailing-list
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5