9.8

CVE-2016-8606: fedoraproject fedora Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-8606UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8606
Published 12-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8606 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 4.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% 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
4.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.13 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-666-1MGASA-2016-0354OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10389-1

Timeline

  1. 12-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The REPL server (--listen) in GNU Guile 2.0.12 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP inter-protocol attack.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.13 pp

From 4.09% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
4.22%

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

Alpine1 product
  • guile< 2.0.11-r3
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • guile-2.0All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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