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CVE-2016-4483

The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.

Published

2017-04-11T16:59:00.220

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-502

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xmlsoft	libxml2	< 2.9.4	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.3	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c97750d11bb8b6f3303e7131fe526a61ac65bcfd Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c97750d11bb8b6f3303e7131fe526a61ac65bcfd Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)