Vulnerability in Vmware Esxi
CVE-2016-5331
CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: CRLF Injection
EPSS: 0.003 (56.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Vmware Esxi — versions 6.0
- Vmware Vcenter_server
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 1036543 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- 92324 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- 1036544 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- 20160805 [SYSS-2016-063] VMware ESXi 6 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- 20160805 [SYSS-2016-063] VMware ESXi 6 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- 1036545 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5331?
- CVE-2016-5331 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, classified under CRLF Injection. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-08-08.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5331?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.