CVE-2016-3425

OpenJDK: incorrect handling of surrogate pairs in XML attribute values (JAXP, 8143167)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 19, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the JAXP component in OpenJDK failed to properly handle Unicode surrogate pairs used as part of the XML attribute values. Specially crafted XML input could cause a Java application to use an excessive amount of memory when parsed.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE not specified