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CVE-2016-0729

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0729 describes multiple critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library, affecting products like Fedora and Samsung firmware. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause denial of service, memory corruption, or potentially arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
t-ms14jakucb-1102.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:samsung:x14j_firmware:t-ms14jakucb-1102.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0911 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xerces-c-0:3.1.1-8.el7_2
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: xerces-c
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 3Fixed in: xerces-c
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: xerces-c

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0729Important

xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input

Feb 25, 2016

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/XERCESC-2061
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-46
svn.apache.org / viewvc
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3493
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/83423
securitytracker.com / id/1035113
xerces.apache.org / xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txt
Vendor Advisory