CVE-2016-7553

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

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 32.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.3 (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:U/C:L/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

2017-02-27 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-275
• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

72f597a8b1ccc2401046a4238c7b8bc0941249c09ef1c3ea3936ad1bf0775314

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160926 Re: CVE Request: irssi: information disclosure vulnerabilit in buf.plhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160924 CVE Request: irssi: information disclosure vulnerabilit in buf.plhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/24/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• irssi.orghttps://irssi.org/security/buf_pl_sa_2016.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org/commit/f1b1eb154baa684fad5d65bf4dff79c8ded8b65ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-39de4eb5e7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OM3WHWQ7RIAOZSOZZUM4CUYGKSIAGJJ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com93155http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93155vdb-entryx_refsource_BID