{"id":"CVE-2016-4051","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4051","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:31:23.870Z","title":"Buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x, 3.x before 3.5.17, and 4.x before 4.0.9 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by seeding manager reports with crafted data.","description":"Buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x, 3.x before 3.5.17, and 4.x before 4.0.9 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by seeding manager reports with crafted data.","published":"2016-04-25T14:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:46:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["canonical/ubuntu linux","oracle/linux","squid-cache/squid"],"epss":{"score":0.1828,"percentile":0.97229,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.27477,"percentile":0.98029},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.1828,"percentile":0.9709}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. 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