CVE-2016-1494Microsoft CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Microsoft advisory for CVE-2016-1494 — azl3 mozjs 102.15.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

Published
September 3, 2025
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products1

  • azl3 mozjs 102.15.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2016-1494

EchelonGraph score
5.3 MEDIUM
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.

Published by MITRE Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2016-1494, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

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