What is CVE-2016-9569?

CVE-2016-9569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Carbonblack Carbon Black, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-9569?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Carbonblack Carbon Black

CVE-2016-9569

The cbstream.sys driver in Carbon Black 5.1.1.60603 allows local users with admin privileges to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a large counter value in an 0x62430028 IOCTL call.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.0% 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

Carbonblack Carbon Black — versions 5.1.1.60603

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

labs.nettitude.com/blog/carbon-black-security-advisories-cve-2016-9570-cve-2016… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9569?: CVE-2016-9569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Carbonblack Carbon Black, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-9569?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.