What is CVE-2016-9679?

CVE-2016-9679 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Citrix Provisioning Services, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-9679?

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

Buffer overflow in Citrix Provisioning Services

CVE-2016-9679

Citrix Provisioning Services before 7.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a function pointer.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.032 (86.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Citrix Provisioning_services — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9679?: CVE-2016-9679 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Citrix Provisioning Services, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-9679?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.