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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2016-5300
HistoryJun 16, 2016 - 6:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-5300

2016-06-1618:59:10
CWE-399
web.nvd.nist.gov

7.8 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.0%

The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.10
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch16.04lts
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
Node
libexpat_projectlibexpatRange<2.2.0
Node
googleandroidMatch4.4.4
OR
googleandroidMatch5.0.2
OR
googleandroidMatch5.1.1
OR
googleandroidMatch6.0
OR
googleandroidMatch6.0.1

7.8 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.0%