Is CVE-2016-9959 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-9959 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-9959?

CVE-2016-9959 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2016-9959

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

game-music-emu before 0.6.1 allows remote attackers to generate out of bounds 8-bit values.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
EPSS score: 2.3% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2016-10745)
Published: April 12, 2017
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-10745 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

game-music-emu project / game-music-emu
opensuse / leap
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse project / leap
suse / linux enterprise
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise workstation extension
suse / suse linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 - NSS Cryptographic Module - SUSE, LLC - FIPS 140 3216 - historical
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00090.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00005.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/11(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95305(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home(Patch)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LKMKVYS7AVB2EXC463FUYN6C6FABHME/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7Z2OVERYM6NW3FGVGTJUNSL5ZNFSH2S/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHAQI5Q2XDSPGRRKPJJM3A73VWAFSFL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFKIFSFIDXOKFUKAH2MBNXDTY6DYBF6/
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.in/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html(Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-02

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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