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CVE-2016-9597

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
30 Jul 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 90% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
Weakness
Uncontrolled recursion (CWE-674)Memory buffer errors (CWE-119)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed · No user action needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
libxml2Servers and applications · cpe:a:xmlsoft:libxml2
  • Version 2.9.3

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9597
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9597