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CVE-2016-9955

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 1.19%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.3. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2016-9955
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.3
EPSS
1.19%

Original NVD Description

The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.