CVE•Published 2017-03-18•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-10253Erlang · Erlang\/otp
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP 18.x. Erlang's generation of compiled regular expressions is vulnerable to a heap overflow. Regular expressions using a malformed extpattern can indirectly specify an offset that is used as an array index. This ordinal permits arbitrary regions within the erts_alloc arena to be both read and written to.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-18
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-10253Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Erlang Erlang\/otp" version:"18.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Erlang\/otp"HTTP body or banner mentions "Erlang\/otp" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-10253Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-10253Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-10253Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-10253GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-10253" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-10253 on GitHub.