CVE-2016-9275

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

4.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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

Low. 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

2017-03-23 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4534995e34925561c22f07eedfad9f113d7d8be5ac45dc457d2b597ca58e5f49

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161111 Re: libdwarf: heap-based buffer overflow in _dwarf_skim_forms (dwarf_macro5.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1394802x_refsource_CONFIRM
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/07/libdwarf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_dwarf_skim_forms-dwarf_macro5-cx_refsource_MISC
• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/583f8834083b5ef834c497f5b47797e16101a9a6/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94284http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94284vdb-entryx_refsource_BID