CVE-2016-3720 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XmlMapper component of the Jackson Dataformat XML library, affecting products like fasterxml jackson-dataformat-xml and fedoraproject jackson-dataformat-xml. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformat-xml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.