CVE-2016-8579

docker2aci <= 0.12.3 has an infinite loop when handling local images with cyclic dependency chain.

Published: 2016-10-28 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-8579 is rated Low Risk (26.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8579

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.13% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.06% 0.15% +0.10%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-8579

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.5 1.4 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-8579

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-8579

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-8579

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-8579 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-github-appc-docker2aci), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8579
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-8579 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (golang-github-appc-docker2aci), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, ignored 9, needed 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-8579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
docker2aci_project docker2aci 0.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:docker2aci_project:docker2aci:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-8579

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93560 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/appc/docker2aci/issues/203 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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