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.
Published: 2017-04-11
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-503-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3593-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5470 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2994-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Oracle Solaris
Redhat Jboss Core Services
Xmlsoft Libxml2
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.437Z

Reserved: 2016-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4483

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-11T16:59:00.220

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-4483

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4483 - Bugzilla

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