VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-4449
CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability1.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation