CVE-2016-4463

Published on: 07/08/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:26:58 PM UTC

CVE-2016-4463

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Certain versions of Xerces-c from Apache contain the following vulnerability:

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.

CVE-2016-4463 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	NONE	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 5 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
No Description Provided	cve.report (archive) text/html	BID 91501
Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crash ≈ Packet Storm	packetstormsecurity.com text/html	MISC packetstormsecurity.com/files/137714/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Crash.html
Release Notes - ASF JIRA	issues.apache.org text/html	CONFIRM issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10510&version=12336069
CPU July 2018	www.oracle.com text/html	CONFIRM www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
Red Hat Customer Portal	access.redhat.com text/html	REDHAT RHSA-2018:3514
	xerces.apache.org text/plain	CONFIRM xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt
openSUSE-SU-2016:2232-1: moderate: Security update for xerces-c	lists.opensuse.org text/html	SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:2232
Red Hat Customer Portal	access.redhat.com text/html	REDHAT RHSA-2018:3506
SecurityFocus	www.securityfocus.com text/html	BUGTRAQ 20160629 CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD
Red Hat Customer Portal	access.redhat.com text/html	REDHAT RHSA-2018:3335
Apache Xerces DTD Parsing Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker	www.securitytracker.com text/html	SECTRACK 1036211
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3610-1 xerces-c	www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html	DEBIAN DSA-3610
openSUSE-SU-2016:1808-1: moderate: Security update for xerces-c	lists.opensuse.org text/html	SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:1808
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020	www.oracle.com text/html	N/A N/A
[XERCESC-2069] Stack overflow in 3.1.3 - ASF JIRA	issues.apache.org text/html	CONFIRM issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2069

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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE

Exploit/POC from Github

Proof of concept for CVE-2016-4463

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Apache	Xerces-c	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Debian	Debian Linux	8.0	All	All	All
Operating System	Debian	Debian Linux	8.0	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE