CVE-2016-9777

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 31.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2016-12-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bf472b9cc3fa8ffbf898c904d6b37d86dd37d9aa559a73b689373a13e48a128b

• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400804x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94640http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94640vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 CVE request: Kernel: kvm: out of bounds memory access via vcpu_idhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST