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CVE-2016-2397

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

The cliserver implementation in Dell SonicWALL GMS, Analyzer, and UMA EM5000 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1 before Hotfix 168056 allows remote attackers to deserialize and execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML data.

Affected products

• SonicWall Analyzer: 7.2, 8.0, 8.1
• SonicWall Global Management System (GMS): 7.2, 8.0, 8.1
• SonicWall Uma Em5000 Firmware: 7.2, 8.0, 8.1

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035015
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-163
• https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/185943
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035015
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-163
• https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/185943

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