CVE-2016-1762 Information

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85059 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 https://support.apple.com/HT206166 https://support.apple.com/HT206167 https://support.apple.com/HT206168 https://support.apple.com/HT206169 https://support.apple.com/HT206171 https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1