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CVE-2016-4054

68
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4054 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Squid 3.x before 3.5.17 and 4.x before 4.0.9, including various Canonical and Oracle Linux distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7756 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: squid-7:3.1.23-16.el6_8.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: squid34-7:3.4.14-9.el6_8.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: squid-7:3.3.8-26.el7_2.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4054Moderate

squid: multiple issues in ESI processing

Apr 20, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1138
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1139
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1140
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-01
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3625
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/6
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/9
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/86788
securitytracker.com / id/1035647
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
squid-cache.org / Advisories/SQUID-2016_6.txt
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2995-1
Third Party Advisory