CVE-2016-4463

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

14.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.5% 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

2016-07-08 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-02

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-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e11fac35341487148edc8975142faf21f9544130340d4dd65d192ff7134dcfcf

• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2069x_refsource_CONFIRM
• issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10510&version=12336069x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3335https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3335vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3610https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3610vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securitytracker.com1036211http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036211vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2232http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00013.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3506https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3506vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3514https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3514vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com91501http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91501vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• xerces.apache.orghttp://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160629 CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTDhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538784/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137714/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Crash.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1808http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC