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CVE-2016-5796

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5796 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Fatek Automation PM Designer V3 (version 2.1.2.2) and FV Designer (version 1.2.8.0). An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted network packets, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high CVSS score of 8.8, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion reported for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fatek:automation_fv_designer:1.2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fatek:automation_pm_designer:2.1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-287-06
MitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/93105
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry