What is CVE-2016-9678?

CVE-2016-9678 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Citrix Provisioning Services, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-9678?

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

Use After Free in Citrix Provisioning Services

CVE-2016-9678

Use-after-free vulnerability in Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2017-01-18 · 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: 0.031 (87.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Citrix Provisioning Services — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

support.citrix.com/article/CTX219580 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95620 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037625 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9678?: CVE-2016-9678 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Citrix Provisioning Services, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-9678?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.