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CVE-2016-9596 (GCVE-0-2016-9596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-16 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-03-21 00:00
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