CVE-2016-9598 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause application crashes via crafted XML documents in libxml2, requiring a patch to prevent denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9598?
CVE-2016-9598 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2, published on 16 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
libxml2, as used in Red Hat JBoss Core Services, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a missing fix for CVE-2016-4483.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9598?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Jboss Core Services, Xmlsoft Libxml2.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9598?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-9598 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9598 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xmlsoft Libxml2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8gff-r69h-5xgv.