{"id":"CVE-2016-2099","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2099","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:24.454Z","title":"Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.","description":"Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.","published":"2016-05-13T14:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apache/xerces-c\\+\\+","opensuse/opensuse"],"epss":{"score":0.06634,"percentile":0.9382,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00016.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00013.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3579","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/7","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90502","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2066","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00016.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00013.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3579","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90502","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2066","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2099","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}