CVE-2016-0729 — Improper 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
Affected products
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
Also affects: Fedora 22, 23, 24
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
2💬Community
4Bugzilla
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