VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-9955
CVSS score6.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-02-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory