{"cve":"CVE-2016-2099","nvd":{"published":"2016-05-13T14:59:06.447","modified":"2026-06-17T00:43:25.910","status":"Modified","description":"Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00016.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00013.html","http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3579","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/7"],"products":["apache:xerces-c\\+\\+","opensuse:opensuse"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-2099","score":0.06634,"percentile":0.93868,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}