CVE-2016-9427

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

4.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% 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:3.1/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

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

2016-12-12 02:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1a4b300f0981c3056ae409109f5122cc4860b50c0c9e7ef080e684cf6d61c7f7

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3126http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00089.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94407http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3177http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00115.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161118 Re: CVE request: w3m - multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220330 [SECURITY] [DLA 2966-1] libgc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST