CVE-2016-4448

NVD - CVE-2016-4448

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CVE-2016-4448 Detail

Current Description

Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List  Release Notes 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html Mailing List  Release Notes 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html Mailing List  Release Notes 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html Mailing List  Release Notes 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html Mailing List  Release Notes 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90856 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 Third Party Advisory 
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338700 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4472c3a5a5b516aaf59b89be602fbce52756c3e9 Vendor Advisory 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=502f6a6d08b08c04b3ddfb1cd21b2f699c1b7f5b Vendor Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206899 Release Notes 
https://support.apple.com/HT206901 Release Notes 
https://support.apple.com/HT206902 Release Notes 
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 Release Notes 
https://support.apple.com/HT206904 Release Notes 
https://support.apple.com/HT206905 Release Notes 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4448
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/27/2019
Source:
MITRE