CVE-2016-9596

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 16, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2016

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CVE-2016-9596: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix