What is CVE-2016-1987?

CVE-2016-1987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux Ipfilter, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-1987?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1987 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in HP Hp-Ux Ipfilter

CVE-2016-1987

HPE IPFilter A.11.31.18.21 on HP-UX, when a certain keep-state configuration is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified UDP packets.

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

EPSS: 0.019 (77.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hp Hp-ux_ipfilter — versions a.11.31.18.21
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1987?: CVE-2016-1987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux Ipfilter, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-1987?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1987 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.