CVE-2016-9955

MediumCVSS 6.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94946Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-02Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94946Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-02Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 17, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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