CVE-2016-8734

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

6%p93

Published

Oct 16, 2017 (Oct 16, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Apache Subversion's mod_dontdothat module and HTTP clients 1.4.0 through 1.8.16, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.4 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack caused by exponential XML entity expansion. The attack can cause the targeted process to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources or memory.

Vendors: apache debian
Products: subversion, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-400
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (6.4%)

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