CVE-2016-7461

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

0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 43.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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 01:57Z2 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-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

121491c09046cc8ecc9c9b9478bf5456d5c5fd5bddffb22e397e3aa4d068d421

• www.securityfocus.com94280http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94280vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1037282http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037282vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK