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CVE-2016-3979

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3979 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Internet Communication Manager (ICM) component of SAP JAVA AS versions 7.2 through 7.4. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP request, leading to heap memory corruption and a process crash. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sap:java_as:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0637 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/137589/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.4-icman-Denial-Of-Service.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/55
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
erpscan.io / advisories/erpscan-16-017-sap-java-icman-dos