What is CVE-2016-10079?

CVE-2016-10079 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Saplpd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10079?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in SAP Saplpd

CVE-2016-10079

SAPlpd through 7400.3.11.33 in SAP GUI 7.40 on Windows has a Denial of Service vulnerability (service crash) with a long string to TCP port 515.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.065 (93.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Saplpd

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41030/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10079?: CVE-2016-10079 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Saplpd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10079?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.