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CVE-2016-10714

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10714 is a critical off-by-one error in zsh versions prior to 5.3, affecting canonical Ubuntu Linux and zsh itself. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zsh:zsh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10714Low

zsh: Off-by-one error results in undersized buffers

Nov 17, 2016

References

sourceforge.net / p/zsh/code/ci/a62e1640bcafbb82d86ea8d8ce057a83c4683d60
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3593-1
Third Party Advisory