CVE-2016-9042

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

3.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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

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

2018-06-04 20:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 03:53Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-26

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8467961d0ca638a7e3a660b24a51bb608116f010da426d17082cd41e056fb734

• www.securitytracker.com1038123http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-17:03https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:03.ntp.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
• www.securitytracker.com1039427http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com97046http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97046vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3349-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3349-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com20170412 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-17:03.ntphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/540403/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• seclists.org20171101 APPLE-SA-2017-10-31-8 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 macOS High Sierra 10.13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/7mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20170412 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-17:03.ntphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540403/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-20d54b2782https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KVLFA3J43QFIP4I7HE7KQ5FXSMJEKC6/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• seclists.org20170925 APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 macOS High Sierra 10.13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/62mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20170422 [slackware-security] ntp (SSA:2017-112-02)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/540464/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• support.hpe.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_usx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0260x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142101/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-17-03.ntp.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• kc.mcafee.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10201x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT208144x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K39041624x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bto.bluecoat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa147x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142284/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• us-cert.cisa.govhttps://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11x_refsource_MISC