CVE-2016-3627

mediumpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.070 · 94 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

7.03% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

53 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 2.9.3 and earlier, when used in recovery mode, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-674USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-674US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Oneton429/CVE-2016-3627PoC of CVE-2016-3627PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (53)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
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 BIG-IP <12.1.2all versionscert_bundDE
F5 BIG-IP <13.0.0all versionscert_bundDE
Juniper Junos Space <20.1R1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source libxml2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xmlsoft:libxml2:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Networker≤ Server <19.10.0.6cert_bundDE
Dell Networker≤ Server <19.11.0.2cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.11.0.2cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.11.0.5cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.13cert_bundDE
F5 BIG-IP< 12.1.2cert_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-2024-3386libxml2: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2016-03-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libxml2 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-05-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (39)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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