FKIE_CVE-2016-9598

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-16 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
libxml2, as used in Red Hat JBoss Core Services, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a missing fix for CVE-2016-4483.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408306Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408306Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat jboss_core_services -
xmlsoft libxml2 *
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