CVE-2016-7459

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

1.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 79.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

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 01:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6d76a6839163ccd12aee2b730032e2fee0a62f201e44de4b843dabca600dbaa0

• www.securityfocus.com94486http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94486vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037329http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037329vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0022.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM