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CVE-2016-1836

Date: May 20, 2016

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (39)

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

Url: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1836

Url: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206899

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206905

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206904

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206903

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1836

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1836

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

Url: https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206564

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206568

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206567

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206566

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206902

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT206901

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90691

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

Url: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759398

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html

Url: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=45752d2c334b50016666d8f0ec3691e2d680f0a0

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1836

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1836

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-1836

Date: May 20, 2016

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CVSS v3.1

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