Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4518

Title: Osisoft Pi Af Server 2016 Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4518.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Jun 19, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4518: OSIsoft PI AF Server before 2016 2.8.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a message.

Impacted Vendors

osisoft 1

Reference Links

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-166-02 https://techsupport.osisoft.com/Troubleshooting/Alerts/AL00301 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-166-02 https://techsupport.osisoft.com/Troubleshooting/Alerts/AL00301

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4518 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 19, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.