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CVE-2016-4331

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 0.76% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-11-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6. It affects F5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2016-4331
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.6
EPSS
0.76%
F5

Original NVD Description

When decoding data out of a dataset encoded with the H5Z_NBIT decoding, the HDF5 1.8.16 library will fail to ensure that the precision is within the bounds of the size leading to arbitrary code execution.