CVE-2016-9597
It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.00% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674, CWE-119
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · xmlsoft/libxml2 · debian/debian linux · hp/icewall federation agent · hp/icewall file manager · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 3.0% on 21 September 2026 to 4.0% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 4.5% on 22 September 2026.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597Issue Tracking
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.