CVE-2016-1928: sap hana

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1928 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in sap hana. EPSS estimates a 6.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-01-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.