CVE-2016-4571 [Medium] | Denial of Service in Mini-Xml

CVE-2016-4571 is rated Moderate Risk (41.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-03-03	0.81%	0.33%	-0.48%
2	2025-03-30	0.90%	0.81%	-0.09%
3	2025-03-29	—	0.90%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-03-03

0.81%

0.33%

-0.48%

2025-03-30

0.90%

0.81%

-0.09%

2025-03-29

—

0.90%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
7.1	2.0	HIGH	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:C) Complete availability impact.	8.6	6.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

7.1

2.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C): Complete availability impact.

8.6

6.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-4571

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2016-4571 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mxml), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4571
`suse`	low	CVE-2016-4571 severity low: SUSE including 6 source package names (libmxml1-2.10-1.1, libmxml1-2.5-24.3.1, libmxml1-32bit-2.10-1.1, mxml-2.10-1.1, mxml-2.5-24.3.1, mxml-devel-2.10-1.1), 6 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 6.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4571/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2016-4571 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mxml), 24 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 5, DNE 1, needed 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-4571

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
mini-xml_project	mini-xml	<= 2.7	cpe:2.3:a:mini-xml_project:mini-xml::::::::
mini-xml_project	mini-xml	2.9	cpe:2.3:a:mini-xml_project:mini-xml:2.9:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2016-4571

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/16	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/14	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90315	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334648	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2016-4571

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-4571

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-4571

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-4571

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-4571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-4571

References for CVE-2016-4571