CVE-2016-9814 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2016-9814

The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before...

Vulnerability Description

The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.10 and simplesamlphp/saml2 library before 1.9.1, 1.10.x before 1.10.3, and 2.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

simplesamlphp

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Affected Software

simplesamlphp, saml2
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.10, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2

Timeline

Official Publish: February 16th, 2017
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.