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Vulnerability details: VCID-3vg3-y6dk-n3ag
Vulnerability ID VCID-3vg3-y6dk-n3ag
Aliases CVE-2016-1283
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libpcre, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.0251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.0251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.0251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.02952 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.02952 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.02952 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.03762 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.03762 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
epss 0.03762 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178193.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178955.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1283.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1283
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1283
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-14
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79825
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034555
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.343110
1295385 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295385
809706 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809706
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:8.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-1283 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
GLSA-201607-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
RHSA-2016:1132 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
USN-2943-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2943-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
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 0.85373
EPSS Score 0.0251
Published At April 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:48.122658+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 38.0.0