What is CVE-2016-1340?

CVE-2016-1340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2016-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-1340?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator

CVE-2016-1340

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Platform Emulator 2.5(2)TS4, 3.0(2c)A, and 3.0(2c)TS9 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted libclimeta.so filename arguments, aka Bug ID CSCux68837.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator — versions 3.0\(2c\)ts9, 3.0(2c)ts9, 2.5(2)ts4

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035582 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160414… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1340?: CVE-2016-1340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2016-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-1340?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.