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CVE-2016-4472

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.

Published

2016-06-30T17:59:04.000

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	libexpat_project	libexpat	≤ 2.1.1	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Application	mcafee	policy_auditor	< 6.5.1	Yes
Application	python	python	< 2.7.15	Yes
Application	python	python	< 3.3.7	Yes
Application	python	python	< 3.4.7	Yes
Application	python	python	< 3.5.4	Yes
Application	python	python	< 3.6.2	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)