Is CVE-2016-10253 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-10253 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10253?

CVE-2016-10253 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2016-10253?

Patch guidance is available from erlang security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-10253.

Fix CVE-2016-10253 - CRITICAL erlang erlang\/otp

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-10253?

67 products: erlang erlang\/otp, erlang erlang\/otp, erlang erlang\/otp, erlang erlang\/otp, erlang erlang\/otp, and 62 more.

Description

An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP 18.x. Erlang's generation of compiled regular expressions is vulnerable to a heap overflow. Regular expressions using a malformed extpattern can indirectly specify an offset that is used as an array index. This ordinal permits arbitrary regions within the erts_alloc arena to be both read and written to.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-119 · Memory Buffer Errors

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ERLANG
Published: 3/18/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD