CVE-2016-3627 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the xmlStringGetNodeList function of libxml2 versions 2.9.3 and earlier, affecting various products including Canonical, Debian, HP, and Red Hat. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing a crafted XML document, leading to infinite recursion, stack consumption, and an application crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and does not require user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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