{"id":"CVE-2016-9150","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9150","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:06:19.882Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the management web interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…","description":"Buffer overflow in the management web interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.","published":"2016-11-19T06:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["paloaltonetworks/pan-os"],"epss":{"score":0.34781,"percentile":0.98418,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.25186,"percentile":0.97886},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.34781,"percentile":0.98355}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-11-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40790,"kind":"exploit","title":"Palo Alto Networks PanOS - appweb3 Stack Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40790","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/40790.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/40790.txt","published":"2016-11-18","added":"2016-11-18","updated":"2016-11-18","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-9150"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=908"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.34781,"from":0.25186,"percentile":0.98355},"summary":"EPSS moved from 25.2% to 34.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94399","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037382","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9150","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40790/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94399","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037382","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9150","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40790/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9150","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}