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CVE-2016-0729

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

Published

2016-04-07T21:59:01.027

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	samsung	x14j_firmware	t-ms14jakucb-1102.5	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	22	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	23	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	24	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html ([email protected])
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83423 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035113 ([email protected])
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2061 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46 ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83423 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035113 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2061 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)