CVE-2016-2099

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

6.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.5% 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

Moderate. 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

2016-05-13 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8692a27f65875c088441bb38e5c7afc560284d693ac3bd2c9e97944ec75c9a60

• www.debian.orgDSA-3579http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3579vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2066x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com90502http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90502vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-46https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1744http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00016.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2232http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00013.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160509 CVE-2016-2099: use-after-free in Xerces 3.1.3http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1808http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE