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Description
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.
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.5/13/2024 11:59:17 PM
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/12/2023 6:21:21 PM
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A stack exhaustion flaw was found in the way Xerces-C XML parser handled deeply nested DTDs. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an application using Xerces-C by tricking it into processing specially crafted data.
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.
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/02/2023 11:17:35 AM
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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.
A stack exhaustion flaw was found in the way Xerces-C XML parser handled deeply nested DTDs. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an application using Xerces-C by tricking it into processing specially crafted data.
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*cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Configuration 2
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*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Initial CVE Analysis7/08/2016 4:45:52 PM
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CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2016-4463 NVD
Published Date: 07/08/2016 NVD
Last Modified: 11/20/2024
Source: Red Hat, Inc.