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CVE-2016-4472
The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libexpat Project | Libexpat | through 2.1.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Version 12.04 |
| Mcafee | Policy Auditor | before 6.5.1 |
| Python | Python | from 2.7.0 before 2.7.15 from 3.3.0 before 3.3.7 from 3.4.0 before 3.4.7 from 3.5.0 before 3.5.4 from 3.6.0 before 3.6.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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