CVE-2016-3705
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.10%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 92
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (6)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- 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.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/89854
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765207
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- 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.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/89854
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765207
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
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