Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-3627 is a denial-of-service flaw in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier. An application that parses attacker-controlled XML in recovery mode can crash from stack exhaustion. The business risk is service disruption, not data theft or code execution based on the provided sources. Exposure is most likely in servers, appliances, containers, or applications that bundle or dynamically link libxml2 2.9.3 or earlier and accept untrusted XML with recovery behavior enabled. Downstream advisories exist for major Linux and vendor ecosystems, but the bundle does not enumerate exact affected product versions. Treat as high priority where XML parsing is internet-facing or business-critical. The likely impact is outage or repeated process crashes, not confirmed compromise. Patch through normal emergency maintenance for exposed services and through standard vulnerability management for internal-only, low-criticality systems. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor-supported libxml2 updates for each operating system, appliance, and application stack.; Check Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, openSUSE, Oracle, HPE, and McAfee advisories where relevant.; Inventory containers and statically bundled applications that may not inherit OS package updates..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2016:1292CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- DSA-3593CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201701-37CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
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