What is CVE-2016-6567?

CVE-2016-6567 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Shdesigns Ethernet Download Manager, classified under Download of Code Without Integrity Check. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-6567?

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

Improper input validation in Shdesigns Ethernet Download Manager

CVE-2016-6567

SHDesigns' Resident Download Manager provides firmware update capabilities for Rabbit 2000/3000 CPU boards, which according to the reporter may be used in some industrial control and embedded applications. The Resident Download Manager does not verify that the firmware is authentic before executing code and deploying the firmware to devices. A remote attacker with the ability to send UDP traffic to the device may be able to execute arbitrary code on the device. According to SHDesigns' website, the Resident Download Manager and other Rabbit Tools have been discontinued since June 2011.

Published 2018-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167623 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95898 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6567?: CVE-2016-6567 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Shdesigns Ethernet Download Manager, classified under Download of Code Without Integrity Check. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-6567?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.