CVE-2016-0729

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

9.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-04-07 21:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:30Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-16

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b70472cf8b9a0c020709127ff82aa8b53f8e2e248a530900464eedbaacd03699

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-880b91c090http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1035113http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035113vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com83423http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83423vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• xerces.apache.orghttp://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-ae9ac16cf3http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1121http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160225 CVE-2016-0729: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed Inputhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-46https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0966http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2061x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-9ff972ca42http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-3493http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1808http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlx_refsource_MISC