Atheme · Atheme · CVE-2016-4478
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Atheme versions prior to 7.2.7
**Description**
The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the xmlrpc char encode function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This is achieved through vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 7.2.7, update to version 7.2.7 or later to resolve the issue.