CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4472

8.1 HIGH Published 2016-06-30 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-30
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• libexpat project libexpat (<= 2.1.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • mcafee policy auditor (< 6.5.1) • python python (>= 2.7.0 < 2.7.15) • python python (>= 3.3.0 < 3.3.7) • python python (>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.7) • python python (>= 3.5.0 < 3.5.4) • python python (>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References