CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4463

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-07-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-07-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.

Affected configurations

• apache xerces-c\+\+ (<= 3.1.3) • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References