CVE-2016-9897

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

3.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-07

Assigning CNA

mozilla

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

9b8c6a97b6be2c8ad13c490252720dfafeb3f78159aaa24977ac1cbcd6aaba04

• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94885http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1301381x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1037461http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.debian.orgDSA-3757https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2946http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT