CVE-2016-1762

high Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
4.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 11% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: March 24, 2016 (3704 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

apple safariapple iphone osapple mac os xapple tvosapple watchosdebian debian linuxcanonical ubuntu linuxxmlsoft libxml2redhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux server

References

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