CVE-2016-4478
Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 2.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.7% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-06-13 19:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1594a3ab4ef2d37b7880efb929c8d2ee998b92bf0caf362f11ba175cbba0ee49
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160503 Re: CVE request: atheme: security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1
- github.comhttps://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1312http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3586http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160502 CVE request: atheme: security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- atheme-services Fixed in 7.0.7-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- atheme-services Fixed in 7.0.7-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- atheme-services Fixed in 7.0.7-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- atheme-services Fixed in 6.0.11-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.