CVE-2016-1928

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the XS engine (hdbxsengine) in SAP HANA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, related to JSON, aka SAP Security Note 2241978.

Affected products

SAP SE SAP HANA: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/65
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538212/100/0/threaded
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-005-sap-hana-hdbxsengine-json-dos/
https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-january-2016-review/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/65
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538212/100/0/threaded
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-005-sap-hana-hdbxsengine-json-dos/
https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-january-2016-review/

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