What is CVE-2016-8100?

CVE-2016-8100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-8100?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Intel Integrated Performance Primitives

CVE-2016-8100

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (aka IPP) Cryptography before 9.0.4 makes it easier for local users to discover RSA private keys via a side-channel attack.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93484 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8100?: CVE-2016-8100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-8100?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.