CVE-2016-8636

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

1.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 64.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

2017-02-22 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-12

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

844cb4626b7da137dc2e6f7fdb3d9afccf4ec3376a60db0cd805513fd4f10c0b

• www.securityfocus.com96189http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96189vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170211 CVE publication request - CVE 2016-8636http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10x_refsource_CONFIRM
• eyalitkin.wordpress.comhttps://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636/x_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66x_refsource_CONFIRM