CVE-2016-1762

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.061 · 93 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

6.13% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

65 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.8–10

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2

v2.010criticalAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119USCWE-122US

affected products (65)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell NetWorker <19.11.0.2all versionscert_bundDE
Dell NetWorker <19.11.0.5all versionscert_bundDE
Dell NetWorker <19.13all versionscert_bundDE
Dell NetWorker Server <19.10.0.6all versionscert_bundDE
Dell NetWorker Server <19.11.0.2all versionscert_bundDE
F5 Advanced Firewall Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:-
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:-
F5 BIG-IP Analyticsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_analytics:-
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:-
F5 BIG-IP Edge Gatewayall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:-
F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:-
F5 BIG-IP Link Controllerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:-
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:-
F5 BIG-IP Protocol Security Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:protocol_security_manager:-
F5 Policy Enforcement Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:-
F5 WebAcceleratorall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:-
Juniper Junos Space <20.1R1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source libxml2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xmlsoft:libxml2:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Dell Networker≤ Server <19.10.0.6cert_bundDE

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1614Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen und Daten zu manipulieren.
WID-SEC-W-2024-3381libxml2: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2016-12-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in libxml2 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (9)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-03-24modified 2026-06-17

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references (68)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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