CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5300
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-06-16
- 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])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
• libexpat project libexpat (< 2.2.0)
• google android 4.4.4
• google android 5.0.2
• google android 5.1.1
• google android 6.0
• google android 6.0.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 kc.mcafee.com
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 kc.mcafee.com
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory