CVE-2016-9597

HIGH

Ubuntu Linux - Denial of Service via Stack Overflow in libxml2

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0115
EPSS Percentile 78.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-674
Status published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
hp/icewall_federation_agent 3.0
hp/icewall_file_manager 3.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
xmlsoft/libxml2 2.9.3
Published Jul 30, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026