CVE-2016-7972

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

5.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2017-03-03 16:00Z9 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-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9542dae50722e6d0de99e530f68721bd87ddfbcaa2f8cbe76f9659de4021f774

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-25https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/aa54e0b59200a994d50a346b5d7ac818ebcf2d4bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com93358http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93358vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-282507c3e9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KW6DNERYHPI5Y6SQYU3XKTVSCOWMIHUC/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381960x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-d2a05a0644https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUOUOK3VULMMZTNSCRFCNPDAPDWAVK7X/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3087http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00068.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161004 Re: Handful of libass issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-95407a836fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7JJ2SGVOX6UQQIRMVC3QACJLKHE2PYN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA