CVSS 3.1
8.1 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HCVE-2016-1762
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:iphone_os
- apple:mac_os_x
- apple:safari
- apple:tvos
- apple:watchos
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- mcafee:web_gateway
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
- xmlsoft:libxml2
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html