What is CVE-2016-3147?

CVE-2016-3147 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-3147?

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

Buffer overflow in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite

CVE-2016-3147

Buffer overflow in the collector.exe listener of the Landesk Management Suite 10.0.0.271 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large packet.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ivanti Landesk Management Suite

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93565 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2016-3147/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3147?: CVE-2016-3147 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Landesk Management Suite, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-3147?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.