CVE-2016-9939

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

4.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.2% 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

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

2017-01-30 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

31c872349a55490a0dc8d9b20c8ad2266b3fad1e2f9177c7b567745731239464

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161212 Re: CVE Request: Potential DoS in Crypto++ ASN.1 parserhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3748http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3748vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com94854http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94854vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-812b77ed2ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7IL5A6465IEPW5GAWGXB2ENJPFYVWTJM/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA