5.3

CVE-2016-4536: openafs

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-4536DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4536
Published 13-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4536 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in openafs. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DLA-493-1MGASA-2016-0121

Timeline

  1. 13-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The client in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 does not properly initialize the (1) AFSStoreStatus, (2) AFSStoreVolumeStatus, (3) VldbListByAttributes, and (4) ListAddrByAttributes structures, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by leveraging access to RPC call traffic.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.31% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.31%

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

Debian1 product
  • openafs< 1.6.17-1
Openafs1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • openafsAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links