CVE-2016-3674

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 17, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraXstream

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7) WstxDriver drivers in XStream before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.4.9*
Affected range stops below 1.4.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (11)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183180.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183208.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3575
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/25/8
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/28/1
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85381

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-200

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