CVE-2016-3497
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability...
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5469 and CVE-2016-5471.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5469 and CVE-2016-5471.
- Record
CVE-2016-3497- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5469 and CVE-2016-5471.
- Record
CVE-2016-3497- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4523 No score
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5469 and CVE-2016-5471.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4523- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3p6g-8qr2-83gv
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability...
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5469 and CVE-2016-5471.
- Record
GHSA-3p6g-8qr2-83gv- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3497 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Oracle Solaris, published July 21, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.