CVE-2016-4463

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4463
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-08T19:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:21:21
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.1.3
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00013.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137714/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Crash.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538784/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91501
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036211
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3335
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3506
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3514
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4463
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348845
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2069
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10510&version=12336069
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3610
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4463
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4463
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:53:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:12:53 2016-07-08T19:59Z 2016-07-08T19:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:12:53 2018-11-07T11:29:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:12:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 17:05:29 2023-02-02T16:17:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 17:05:31 Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD. A stack exhaustion flaw was found in the way Xerces-C XML parser handled deeply nested DTDs. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an application using Xerces-C by tricking it into processing specially crafted data. Description updated
2023-02-02 17:05:38 References updated
2023-02-13 00:05:53 2023-02-12T23:21:21 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 00:05:54 A stack exhaustion flaw was found in the way Xerces-C XML parser handled deeply nested DTDs. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an application using Xerces-C by tricking it into processing specially crafted data. Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD. Description updated