CVE-2016-1762

high-risk
Published 2016-03-24

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.

Do I need to act?

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8.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Mcafee Redhat Apple Xmlsoft

References (44)

Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.h...
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htm...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85059
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
Release Notes http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
Exploit https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671
Patch https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d...
Patch https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT206166
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT206167
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT206168
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/HT206169
and 24 more references
60
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 28/34 · Critical
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 22/34 · High