CVE-2016-9829

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

2.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.7% 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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-02-16 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-04

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2b046b2141ae31c6d509118f3b63faaaf2bf620d2d46daff8380a3f2152e4682

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161201 libming: listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in parseSWF_DEFINEFONT (parser.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161204 Re: libming: listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in parseSWF_DEFINEFONT (parser.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-parseswf_definefont-parser-c/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com95133http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95133vdb-entryx_refsource_BID