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CVE-2016-1245

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1245 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the zebra daemon of Quagga, affecting versions prior to 1.0.20161017, including various Debian distributions. This flaw arises from improper handling of IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages due to a system-dependent BUFSIZ. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, 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
<= 1.0.20160315CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0366 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: quagga-0:0.99.15-14.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: quagga
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: quagga

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1245Moderate

quagga: Buffer Overflow in IPv6 RA handling

Oct 18, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-48
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3695
Third Party Advisory
gossamer-threads.com / lists/quagga/users/31952
Mailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93775
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry