What is CVE-2016-9596?

CVE-2016-9596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-9596?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Xmlsoft Libxml2

CVE-2016-9596

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9596?: CVE-2016-9596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-9596?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.