CVE-2016-9949

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

17.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.9% 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

2016-12-17 03:34Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

27a3bddd3ec38263440d3d33c405b5407f2534626f6d3a45843c90e6c12b5a68

• github.comhttps://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitationx_refsource_MISC
• donncha.ishttps://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/x_refsource_MISC
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com95011http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3157-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.exploit-db.com40937https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB