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CVE-2016-9597 json

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found…

published 2018-07-30 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10401

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

Patch / fix

  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 2.9.1-26.12.1
  • python-libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 2.9.1-26.12.1
  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 2.9.4-33.1
  • python-libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 2.9.4-33.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1SUSE-SU-2017:0380-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9597 updated cvss 4.3

libxml2: stack overflow before detecting invalid XML file (unfixed CVE-2016-3705 in JBCS)

  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services jbcs-httpd24-httpd
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2486
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libxml2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libxml2, libxml2-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxml2, libxml2-python
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat libxml2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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