Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3657
CVE-2016-3657
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.0.0,<5.0.18
- (no CPE)range: <5.0.18, >=6.0.0 <6.0.13, >=6.1.0 <6.1.10, >=7.0.0 <7.0.5
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