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Vulnerability details: VCID-5uqv-dm9p-c7c6
Vulnerability ID VCID-5uqv-dm9p-c7c6
Aliases CVE-2016-1683
Summary Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer nokogiri mishandles namespace nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
epss 0.00989 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
cvssv2 5.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683
Reference id Reference type URL
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1683.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1683
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340016
https://crbug.com/583156
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7995
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10403
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1667
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1668
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1669
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1670
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1672
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1673
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1674
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1675
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1676
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1677
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1678
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1679
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1680
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1681
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1682
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1683
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1684
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1685
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1686
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1687
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1688
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1689
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1690
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1691
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1692
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1693
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1694
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1695
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=d182d8f6ba3071503d96ce17395c9d55871f0242
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/
https://support.apple.com/HT206899
https://support.apple.com/HT206901
https://support.apple.com/HT206902
https://support.apple.com/HT206903
https://support.apple.com/HT206904
https://support.apple.com/HT206905
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-1683 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683
GLSA-201607-07 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
RHSA-2016:1190 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
USN-2992-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2992-1/
USN-3271-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3271-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76801
EPSS Score 0.00989
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:04.044039+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/nokogiri/CVE-2016-1683.yml 38.0.0