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Vulnerability details: VCID-5rck-gs8y-87bb
Vulnerability ID VCID-5rck-gs8y-87bb
Aliases CVE-2016-2037
Summary A vulnerability has been discovered in cpio, which can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2037.json
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
epss 0.19449 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
cvssv2 1.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2037
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2037
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2037.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2037
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2037
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3483
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82293
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035067
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
1300207 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300207
812401 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812401
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-2037 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2037
GLSA-202407-07 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-07
USN-2906-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2906-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2037.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2037
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2037
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95352
EPSS Score 0.19449
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:20.118861+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-07 38.0.0