Is CVE-2016-4804 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-4804 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-4804?

CVE-2016-4804 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-4804?

CVE-2016-4804 has an EPSS score of 0.45% (36th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4804?

Upgrade dosfstools on debian 11 to 4.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-4804

MEDIUM

6.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (1) read_fat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

dosfstoolsDebian

Fixed in:4.0-1CVE-2016-4804

dosfstoolsUbuntu

Fixed in:3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1USN-2986-1

Fixed in:3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1USN-2986-1

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Other references6

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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.