Is CVE-2016-1405 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1405 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1405?

CVE-2016-1405 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1405?

CVE-2016-1405 has an EPSS score of 3.41% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1405?

Upgrade clamav on debian 11 to 0.99+dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1405

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libclamav in ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus), as used in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices before 9.7.0-125 and Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices before 9.0.1-135 and 9.1.x before 9.1.1-041, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (AMP process restart) via a crafted document, aka Bug IDs CSCuv78533 and CSCuw60503.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

clamavDebian

Fixed in:0.99+dfsg-1CVE-2016-1405

clamavUbuntu

Fixed in:0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3093-1

Fixed in:0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3093-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

tools.cisco.com

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.