CVE-2016-9598

libxml2: out-of-bounds read (unfixed CVE-2016-4483 in JBCS)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 3, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

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.

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:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion