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CVE-2016-4472 Detail

Modified

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Description

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 8.1 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	NIST

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4472
NVD Published Date:
06/30/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2016-4472 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 11:59:18 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/06/2023 9:32:38 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 6:21:56 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/05/2022 2:52:56 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 7/31/2021 4:15:08 AM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 1/25/2021 10:44:43 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/02/2017 9:29:02 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/30/2017 9:29:47 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 12/15/2016 8:30:38 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/28/2016 3:18:19 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/01/2016 7:13:46 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 7/01/2016 3:57:55 PM

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