CVE-2016-8331

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

6.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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

2016-10-28 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-28

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c1d0d4c7d1a32d81be45cecc33d67c16a5ebe4f22765b7499b65bb2102587212

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com93898http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93898vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.talosintelligence.comhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0190/x_refsource_MISC