CVE-2017-16516

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

3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% 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:3.1/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

2017-11-03 00:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

523b9a3b849f9612a934e055dfc27a1bb2ff138d2e1dd2b71643b28b3c5b30e3

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