CVE-2016-4472 (GCVE-0-2016-4472)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-30 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-05-16 00:00
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