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CVE-2016-4447 Detail

Description

The xmlParseElementDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underread and application crash) via a crafted file, involving xmlParseName.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Not Applicable 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90864 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=00906759053986b8079985644172085f74331f83 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206899 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206901 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206902 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206905 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4447
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.