CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4571
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
The mxml_write_node function in mxml-file.c in mxml 2.9, 2.7, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via crafted xml file.
Affected configurations
• mini-xml project mini-xml (<= 2.7)
• mini-xml project mini-xml 2.9
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90315 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334648 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90315 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334648 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory