Is CVE-2016-8964 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8964 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8964?

CVE-2016-8964 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8964?

CVE-2016-8964 has an EPSS score of 2.23% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8964?

Upgrade bigfix inventory to 9.2.8 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8964

CRITICALEPSS 81th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 9.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 118853.

CWE-200Information Exposure CWE-254

How to fix

Remediation Available

bigfix inventoryNVD

Affected:>= 9.0, < 9.2.8Fixed in:9.2.8CVE-2016-8964derived from NVD

license metric toolNVD

Affected:>= 9.0, < 9.2.8Fixed in:9.2.8CVE-2016-8964derived from NVD

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

2.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-200 (Information Exposure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-24919	High	8.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-34429	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	Fix

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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 2026-05-13.