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CVE-2016-3627

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-674

Description

The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise IceWall Federation Agent: 3.0
• HP Icewall File Manager: 3.0
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
• Oracle Vm Server: 3.3, 3.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.2, 7.4, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Jboss Core Services: all versions
• xmlsoft libxml2: through 2.9.3

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/3
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84992
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035335
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1

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