CVE-2016-8859

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

3.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 88.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/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

2017-02-13 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

de44ed53c55351c00e0395dcbb91dfe2fc089a7918404402e9c16f7c3311f96c

• www.securityfocus.com93795http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93795vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161018 CVE Request - TRE & musl libc regex integer overflows in buffer size computationshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161029 Re: CVE Request - TRE & musl libc regex integer overflows in buffer size computationshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0554http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00041.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-43https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-43vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO