CVE-2016-9814 is a critical vulnerability affecting SimpleSAMLphp and simplesamlphp/saml2 libraries before versions 1.14.10 and 1.9.1 respectively, among others. It stems from improper boolean conversion in the validateSignature method, allowing remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.14.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:saml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:saml2:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:saml2:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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