CVE-2016-9588

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 36.4% 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

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-23

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-388
• CWE-248Uncaught ExceptionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d4f21d1f8527ba5220e092b6f59ca658924dd1f80f36587c1e50989f1a771e92

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161215 CVE-2016-9588 Kernel: kvm: nVMX: uncaught software exceptions in L1 guest lead to DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3822-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.debian.orgDSA-3804http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com94933http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3822-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388x_refsource_CONFIRM