CVE-2016-3705

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

5.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2016-05-17 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-30

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b36765fa74032d31c389bc5014774fb80d5c32f12db6cfad8e709d612b2fa7b7

• seclists.org20160503 CVE-2016-3627 CVE-2016-3705: libxml2: stack overflow in xml validator (parser)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157239x_refsource_CONFIRM
• kc.mcafee.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1446http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1298http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1292https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3593https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2994-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765207x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com89854http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89854vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2957http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-37https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO