VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-4478
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-13
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
Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer