CVE-2016-4463 (GCVE-0-2016-4463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
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Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-06-29 00:00
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