Medium severity · published Aug 16, 2018
CVE-2016-9596
libxml2, as used in Red Hat JBoss Core Services and when in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted XML…
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libxml2, as used in Red Hat JBoss Core Services and when in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-3627.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JC
Jboss Core Services · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
before 2.9.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9596
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9596
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408302
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