What is CVE-2016-1343?

CVE-2016-1343 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Information Server. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-1343?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Information Server

CVE-2016-1343

The XML parser in Cisco Information Server (CIS) 6.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka Bug ID CSCuy39059.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Information_server — versions 6.2_base
N/a — versions n/a

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1343?: CVE-2016-1343 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Information Server. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2016-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-1343?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.