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CVE-2016-3627

30
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0703 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.7.6-21.el6_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Text-Only JBCS
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesFixed in: httpd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3Fixed in: libxml2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3627Moderate

libxml2: stack exhaustion while parsing xml files in recovery mode

Mar 21, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html
Mailing List
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1292
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/May/10
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-37
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3593
Mailing List
tenable.com / security/tns-2016-18
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/2
Mailing ListPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/3
Mailing List
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/84992
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035335
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2994-1
Third Party Advisory