8.1
CVE-2016-4472
- EPSS 11.95%
- Veröffentlicht 30.06.2016 17:59:04
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 08.10.2026 21:17:05
- Erkennungen
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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Libexpat Project ≫ Libexpat Version <= 2.1.1
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version 12.04 SwEdition -
Mcafee ≫ Policy Auditor Version < 6.5.1
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 11.95% | 0.958 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIST | 8.1 | 2.2 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
|
| NIST | 6.8 | 8.6 | 6.4 |
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251
https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1