Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1928

Title: Sap Hana RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1928.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Jan 20, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
37.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1928: 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.

Impacted Vendors

S
sap 1

Reference Links

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/ 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/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1928 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.