CVE-2016-9191

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

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 36.3% 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:3.0/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

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

2016-11-28 03:01Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-399
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

071d65d45ecda9ef3019b7f05cc95a6f9ac11a210c613123876782d0a114e8a0

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• support.hpe.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03802en_usx_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1392439x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94129http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94129vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3791http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN