What is CVE-2016-2057?

CVE-2016-2057 is a low-severity vulnerability in Xymon, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2057?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Xymon

CVE-2016-2057

lib/xymond_ipc.c in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 use weak permissions (666) for an unspecified IPC message queue, which allows local users to inject arbitrary messages by writing to that queue.

Published 2016-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xymon — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7891/ (Patch)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495 (vendor-advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2057?: CVE-2016-2057 is a low-severity vulnerability in Xymon, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2057?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.