9.8

CVE-2016-10714: canonical ubuntu_linux Numeric Errors

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10714DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10714
Published 27-02-2018Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10714 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.13%
0%100%
Low · +0.19 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DLA-1304-1SUSE-SU-2018:1072-1SUSE-SU-2022:14910-1USN-3593-1

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.19 pp

From 1.94% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • zsh< 5.3-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • zsh< 5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1 | < 5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1
Zsh1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links