CVE-2016-1928 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the XS engine (hdbxsengine) in SAP HANA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, related to JSON, aka SAP Security Note 2241978.

Published: 2016-01-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 37.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sap:hana:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.37328.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/65
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538212/100/0/threaded
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-005-sap-hana-hdbxsengine-json-dos/
https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-january-2016-review/

History

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Subscriptions

Sap Hana

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-20T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:40.238Z

Reserved: 2016-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1928

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-20T16:59:06.973

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1928

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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