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CVE-2016-0856

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0856 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows affecting Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.1. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code without authentication or user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100 and significant media coverage (SecurityWeek) indicate its severe potential impact and the importance of patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
16.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1666 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-014-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-100
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-101
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-102
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-103
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-106
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-108
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-109
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-110
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-111
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-112
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-113
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-114
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-115
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-116
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-117
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-118
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-120