{"cve":"CVE-2016-5004","nvd":{"published":"2017-06-06T18:29:00.450","modified":"2026-06-17T00:48:35.870","status":"Modified","description":"The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file containing zeroes.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294","https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html","https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc"],"products":["apache:ws-xmlrpc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:43:44.556243339+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-5004","score":0.07748,"percentile":0.94633,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-r2pg-w96p-pcpj","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r2pg-w96p-pcpj","summary":"ws-xmlrpc DoS Vulnerability","modified":"2024-02-16T08:17:57.490231Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc-common","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.xmlrpc/xmlrpc-common","ranges":["<=3.1.3"],"fixed":[]}]}],"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."]}