What is CVE-2016-1606?

CVE-2016-1606 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Rumba, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-1606?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Microfocus Rumba

CVE-2016-1606

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in COM objects in Micro Focus Rumba 9.4.x before 9.4 HF 13960 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the NetworkName property value to ObjectXSNAConfig.ObjectXSNAConfig in iconfig.dll…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.473 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microfocus Rumba — versions 9.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)
91548 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1606?: CVE-2016-1606 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Rumba, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-1606?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.