VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9596

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references