CVE-2016-9888

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

1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 69.0% 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:N/UI:R/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

2016-12-08 08:08Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

778a238e04a472192566adccbcd79f079205c55c461a3704713ba0de7e662aa0

• secunia.comhttps://secunia.com/advisories/71201/x_refsource_MISC
• secunia.comhttps://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com94860http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200425 [SECURITY] [DLA 2183-1] libgsf security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST