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CVE-2016-4472in critical feed

The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denia…

Published 10 y ago · modified 29 d ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.9%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
29 d ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • tenable.com /security/tns-2016-20 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1344251 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3013-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91528 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • sourceforge.net /p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-21 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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