CVE-2016-4447

mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.140 · 97 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

14.0% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

42 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The xmlParseElementDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underread and application crash) via a crafted file, involving xmlParseName.

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

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119US

affected products (42)

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 Advanced Firewall Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:-
F5 BIG-IPall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip:-
F5 Policy Enforcement Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:10.2.4
F5 WebAccelerator 10.0.0 - 10.2.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:10.2.4
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 <19.11.0.2cert_bundDE
Dell Networker≤ Server <19.10.0.6cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.11.0.2cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.11.0.5cert_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-2024-3384libxml2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-05-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in libxml2 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Einblick in vertrauliche Informationen zu erhalten oder Code zur Ausführung zu bringen.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-06-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (87)

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