{"cve":"CVE-2016-3705","nvd":{"published":"2016-05-17T14:08:04.593","modified":"2026-06-17T00:46:13.220","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) xmlParserEntityCheck and (2) xmlParseAttValueComplex functions in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.3 do not properly keep track of the recursion depth, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00055.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00127.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/10","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","hp:icewall_federation_agent","hp:icewall_file_manager","opensuse:leap","xmlsoft:libxml2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-3705","score":0.05103,"percentile":0.92372,"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."]}