What is CVE-2016-4379?

CVE-2016-4379 is a low-severity vulnerability in HP Integrated Lights-Out 3, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-4379?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in HP Integrated Lights-Out 3

CVE-2016-4379

The TLS implementation in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 3 (aka iLO3) firmware before 1.88 does not properly use a MAC protection mechanism in conjunction with CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a padding-oracle attack, aka a Vaudenay attack.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2016-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (76.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1036707 (vdb-entry)
www.iacr.org/archive/eurocrypt2002/23320530/cbc02_e02d.pdf (Technical Description)
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92696 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4379?: CVE-2016-4379 is a low-severity vulnerability in HP Integrated Lights-Out 3, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-4379?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.