CVE•Published 2017-05-23•Modified 2026-07-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-9840Boost · Boost
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
91
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 9% of all CVEs
Description
inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.
Timeline
Published 2017-05-23
Modified 2026-07-14
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 tag37,710 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-9840Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Boost Boost"All exposed Boost Boost instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Boost"HTTP body or banner mentions "Boost" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-9840Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-9840Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-9840Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-9840GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-9840" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.