CVE-2016-4472
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4472.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4472
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-06-30T17:59:04Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20