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Vulnerability details: VCID-juv3-bucu-efhy
Vulnerability ID VCID-juv3-bucu-efhy
Aliases CVE-2016-2226
Summary gcc: Exploitable buffer overflow
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 3.4
Risk 6.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2226.json
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
epss 0.09327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
cvssv2 6.8 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-2016-2226.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2226
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2226
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1333322 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333322
840358 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840358
840360 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840360
CVE-2016-2226 Exploit https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69687
CVE-2016-2226 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/42386.txt
USN-3337-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3337-1/
USN-3367-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3367-1/
USN-3368-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3368-1/
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 27, 2017
Description GNU libiberty - Buffer Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date July 27, 2017
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date July 28, 2017
Source URL https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69687
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-2016-2226.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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9273
EPSS Score 0.09327
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:37:58.936482+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2226.json 38.0.0