CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3627

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-05-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-05-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-674

Description

The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Affected configurations

• opensuse leap 42.1 • debian debian linux 8.0 • hp icewall federation agent 3.0 • hp icewall file manager 3.0 • xmlsoft libxml2 (<= 2.9.3) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • redhat jboss core services • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • oracle vm server 3.3 • oracle vm server 3.4 • oracle solaris 11.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness

References