CVE-2016-1837

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 26% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: May 20, 2016 (3647 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions 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, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

CWE

CWE-416

Affected Products

canonical ubuntu linuxdebian debian linuxapple iphone osapple mac os xapple tvosapple watchosredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux serverredhat enterprise linux server ausredhat enterprise linux server eus

References

🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com