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Vulnerability details: VCID-ay24-srnx-rfg5
Vulnerability ID VCID-ay24-srnx-rfg5
Aliases CVE-2016-8858
Summary openssh: Memory exhaustion due to unregistered KEXINIT handler after receiving message
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.2
Risk 2.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8858.json
epss 0.51847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.51847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.61372 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.61372 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.61372 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.64717 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.64717 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.64717 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.64717 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.64717 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.69786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
epss 0.69786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
cvssv3.1 5.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8858.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8858
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8858
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1384860 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860
841884 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=841884
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8858.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

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97817
EPSS Score 0.51847
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:56:43.604875+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8858.json 37.0.0