CVE-2016-9923

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

1.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 66.4% 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:3.1/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

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

2016-12-23 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-08

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

38ddf5db89a20ef05328f4d701e8d455f48ca3f4748b6bd001eb6ec832ed3222

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161209 Re: CVE request Qemu: char: use after free issue in char backendhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-49https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com94827http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94827vdb-entryx_refsource_BID