CVE-2016-7498

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

2.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2016-09-27 15:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-399
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6c2cb4b69c1c4f82bd082f9990fb9bad330fdbea94a73b0e6a95b1a4061af564

• www.securityfocus.com93068http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160923 [OSSA 2016-011] Nova may fail to delete images in resize state regression (CVE-2016-7498)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.openstack.orghttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160921 Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Novahttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST