CVE-2016-9598

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
libxml2, as used in Red Hat JBoss Core Services, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a missing fix for CVE-2016-4483.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9598
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-16T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-11-16T20:26:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408306 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9598
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9598
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:19:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:14:49 2018-08-16T20:29Z 2018-08-16T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:14:49 2020-11-16T20:26:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:14:49 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated