CVE-2016-9959

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

2.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.2% 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

2017-04-12 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-15

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

09c2ece636bcd1037cd5ee23d3fdbe5b85a599daf4ac9fbf4969bbcc0bdf5b05

• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2016:3250http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00090.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-fbf9f8b204https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHAQI5Q2XDSPGRRKPJJM3A73VWAFSFL/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com95305http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95305vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161215 Re: CVE Request: Game Music Emulators: incorrect emulation of the SPC700 audio co-processor of SNES: arbitrary code execution via malformed SPC music filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.inhttps://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.in/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201707-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-5bf9a268dfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7Z2OVERYM6NW3FGVGTJUNSL5ZNFSH2S/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Homex_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-04383482b4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LKMKVYS7AVB2EXC463FUYN6C6FABHME/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-3d771a1702https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFKIFSFIDXOKFUKAH2MBNXDTY6DYBF6/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SA:2017:0022http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE