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Vulnerability details: VCID-jk18-r2t2-73gw
Vulnerability ID VCID-jk18-r2t2-73gw
Aliases CVE-2016-8739
GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc
generic_textual HIGH http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8739.json
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
epss 0.02672 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/apache/cxf
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/cxf
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/8e4970d9
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/8e4970d9
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/9deb2d17
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/9deb2d17
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8739
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8739
Reference id Reference type URL
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8739.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8739
https://github.com/apache/cxf
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/8e4970d9
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/9deb2d17
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/d9e2a6e7
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8739
1406811 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406811
GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8739.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/8e4970d9
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/9deb2d17
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8739
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8523
EPSS Score 0.02672
Published At Aug. 6, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T07:58:43.818552+00:00 ProjectKB MSRImporter Import https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/project-kb/master/MSR2019/dataset/vulas_db_msr2019_release.csv 37.0.0