CVE-2016-7968

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

1.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.2% 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

2016-12-23 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR 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-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e21e3e7483bf2adf487002d8c2f68e420807e24eb5f10e6093d085f67a6edab6

• www.securityfocus.com93360http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161004 Re: KMail vulnerabilites: need 3 CVEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST