CVE-2016-2099 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Apache Xerces C++ versions 3.1.3 and earlier, impacting products like Apache and openSUSE. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this remotely with low complexity by providing an XML document containing an invalid character, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.