CVE-2016-0729Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Fedora

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
23.0%
top 4.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 7
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

Debianapache/xerces-c< 3.1.3+debian-1+3
NVDsamsung/x14j_firmwaret-ms14jakucb-1102.5

Also affects: Fedora 22, 23, 24

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-432r-553m-gq3p: Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2016-0729: Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader2016-04-07
CVEList
CVE-2016-0729: Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader2016-04-07

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input2016-02-25
Debian
CVE-2016-0729: xerces-c - Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, an...2016

💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0729 mingw-xerces-c: xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input [fedora-all]2016-02-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0729 xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input2016-02-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0729 xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input [epel-6]2016-02-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0729 xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input [fedora-all]2016-02-26
CVE-2016-0729 — Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerability | cvebase