What is CVE-2016-1895?

CVE-2016-1895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Data Ontap, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-1895?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NetApp Data Ontap

CVE-2016-1895

NetApp Data ONTAP before 8.2.5 and 8.3.x before 8.3.2P12 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to unsafe user input string handling.

Published 2017-09-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NetApp Data Ontap — versions 8.3.2p12, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/NTAP-20170831-0003 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1895?: CVE-2016-1895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Data Ontap, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-1895?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.