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CVE-2016-9959

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9959 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting game-music-emu before version 0.6.1, as well as various openSUSE and SUSE products. It allows remote attackers to generate out-of-bounds 8-bit values, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 7.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0233 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00090.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
bitbucket.org / mpyne/game-music-emu/wiki/Home
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LKMKVYS7AVB2EXC463FUYN6C6FABHME
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7Z2OVERYM6NW3FGVGTJUNSL5ZNFSH2S
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHAQI5Q2XDSPGRRKPJJM3A73VWAFSFL
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFKIFSFIDXOKFUKAH2MBNXDTY6DYBF6
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.in / 2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-02
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95305
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry