Is CVE-2016-3191 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-3191 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-3191?

CVE-2016-3191 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-3191?

CVE-2016-3191 has an EPSS score of 8.43% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3191?

Upgrade pcre2 on debian 11 to 10.21-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-3191

CRITICALEPSS 94th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

pcre2Debian

Fixed in:10.21-1CVE-2016-3191

libpcre3Ubuntu

Fixed in:1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2USN-2943-1

pcre3Ubuntu

Fixed in:1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2USN-2943-1

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

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

8.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.exim.org

Other references12

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
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.