CVE-2016-3657

Published: Apr 12, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the GlobalProtect Portal in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.13, 6.1.x before 6.1.10, and 7.0.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL VPN request.

Affected (5)

Products: Paloaltonetworks: Pan Os

Paloaltonetworks

1 product

Pan Os

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	5.0.0 ≤ version < 5.0.18
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	5.1 ≤ version < 5.1.11
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	6.0.0 ≤ version < 6.0.13
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	6.1.0 ≤ version < 6.1.10
Paloaltonetworks Pan Os	7.0.0 ≤ version ≤ 7.0.5

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The 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.

References (2)

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-3657

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-3657

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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