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CVE-2016-10728

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10728 affects Suricata versions prior to 3.1.2, where a specially crafted ICMPv4 error packet received as the initial packet in a "to_client" flow can confuse rule grouping logic, leading to incorrect inspection and potential missed detections. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and resulting in a low impact on integrity (missed detection). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suricata-ids:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / kirillwow/ids_bypass
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00019.html
Third Party Advisory
redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org / issues/1880
Third Party Advisory
suricata-ids.org / 2016/09/07/suricata-3-1-2-released
Vendor Advisory