CVE-2016-5300
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.2%
Description
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
How to fix CVE-2016-5300
To remediate CVE-2016-5300, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/expat—upgrade to 2.2.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.1-3 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2016-5300 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2.0-r0
- from 0, < 2.1.1-3
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |