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CVE-2016-1840

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Date: May 20, 2016

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (28)

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

Url: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757711

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1840

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1840

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

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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1840

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

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

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

Url: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=cbb271655cadeb8dbb258a64701d9a3a0c4835b4

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

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

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1840

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1840

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-1840

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Date: May 20, 2016

Language: C

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