CVE-2016-4483 The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute....
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 6.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/libxml2(Debian:12) | < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| debian/libxml2(Debian:13) | < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| debian/libxml2(Debian:14) | < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| xmlsoft libxml2 | < 2.9.4 | 2.9.4 |
| debian linux | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| oracle solaris | = 11.3 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2016-4483 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2957 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- DSA-3593 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160503 CVE request: out-of-bounds read parsing an XML in libxml2 using recover mode exploit mailing-list third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160504 Re: CVE request: out-of-bounds read parsing an XML in libxml2 using recover mode mailing-list third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160607 Please reject duplicate CVE for libxml2 mailing-list patch third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160607 Re: Please reject duplicate CVE for libxml2 mailing-list patch third-party-advisory
- www.oracle.com third-party-advisory
- 90013 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 1036348 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- git.gnome.org patch third-party-advisory
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 mailing-list
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 mailing-list
- GLSA-201701-37 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.tenable.com third-party-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking