CVE record · CVE-2016-9318

libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened,…

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.029 · 87th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: mitre) at 16 Nov 2016, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given Not given
  • affected n/a
Identifiers
CVE-2016-9318
CNA
mitre
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Published
16 Nov 2016
Updated
14 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.029, the 87th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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