CVE-2016-4483

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4483
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-11T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-29T15:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-502 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9.4
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/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
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c97750d11bb8b6f3303e7131fe526a61ac65bcfd Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4483
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4483
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:44:09 2017-04-11T16:59Z 2017-04-11T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:44:09 2021-06-29T15:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:44:09 Modified Vulnerability Status updated