VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-2570
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability8.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not check buffer limits during XML parsing, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted XML document, related to esi/CustomParser.cc and esi/CustomParser.h.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation