CVE-2016-9040

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

0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 38.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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: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

2018-09-07 12:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 22:19Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-26

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

660b69a80c64531801cd6ee67d1e9e0c234ec50b690cd5f000203486c82dc48a

• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258x_refsource_MISC