Description
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.
Published: 2016-06-30
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5459 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3013-1 XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5455-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7199-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Libexpat Project Libexpat
Mcafee Policy Auditor
Python Python
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.570Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4472

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-30T17:59:04.000

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4472

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4472 - Bugzilla

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