What is CVE-2016-0869?

CVE-2016-0869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsys Promotic, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2016-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-0869?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Microsys Promotic

CVE-2016-0869

Heap-based buffer overflow in MICROSYS PROMOTIC before 8.3.11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a malformed HTML document.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-01-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsys Promotic

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.promotic.eu/en/pmdoc/NewsPm803.htm (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-026-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0869?: CVE-2016-0869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsys Promotic, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2016-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-0869?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.