Fedora 16 (Verne) End of Life Date
Fedora 16 (Verne) end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Fedora 16 was released on November 8, 2011 and support ended on February 12, 2013 — a supported lifespan of 1 year and 3 months, longer than the 1 year and 1 month median for Fedora releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 16, published November 8, 2011 — 1 year and 3 months before support ended. It has been without security patches for 13 years and 6 months. 26 newer Fedora releases have shipped since.
Commercial vendors offer security patches beyond EOL. Compare your options.
Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Yarrow) | 1 | Sep 20, 2004 | EOL |
| 2 (Tettnang) | 2 | Apr 11, 2005 | EOL |
| 3 (Heidelberg) | 3 | Jan 16, 2006 | EOL |
| 4 (Stentz) | 4 | Aug 7, 2006 | EOL |
| 5 (Bordeaux) | 5 | Jul 2, 2007 | EOL |
| 6 (Zod) | 6 | Dec 7, 2007 | EOL |
| 7 (Moonshine) | 7 | Jun 13, 2008 | EOL |
| 8 (Werewolf) | 8 | Jan 7, 2009 | EOL |
What does Fedora 16 (Verne) end of life mean?
When Fedora 16 (Verne) reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Fedora 16 (Verne) past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Fedora 44 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.