CVE-2016-3979

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2016-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Internet Communication Manager (aka ICMAN or ICM) in SAP JAVA AS 7.2 through 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) via a crafted HTTP request, related to the IctParseCookies function, aka SAP Security Note 2256185.

Affected products

SAP Java As: 7.4

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137589/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.4-icman-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/55
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-017-sap-java-icman-dos/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137589/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.4-icman-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/55
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-017-sap-java-icman-dos/

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