CVE-2016-1837

CWE-416Use After Free14 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

NVDapple/tvos< 9.2.1
NVDapple/watchos< 2.2.1
NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.11.5
NVDapple/iphone_os< 9.3.2
NVDxmlsoft/libxml2< 2.9.4

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04, Enterprise Linux 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c75m-mxjw-cwc6: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 22022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2016-1837: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 22016-05-20
CVEList
CVE-2016-1837: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 22016-05-20

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities2016-06-06
Red Hat
libxml2: Heap use-after-free in htmlPArsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral2016-05-23
Debian
CVE-2016-1837: libxml2 - Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2)...2016
Apple
CVE-2016-1837: tvOS 9.2.1
Apple
CVE-2016-1837: OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833 CVE-2016-1834 CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1836 CVE-2016-1837 CVE-2016-1838 CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840 CVE-2016-4447 CVE-2016-4448 CVE-2016-4449 libxml2: various flaws [fedora-a2016-06-24
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833 CVE-2016-1834 CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1836 CVE-2016-1837 CVE-2016-1838 CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840 CVE-2016-4447 CVE-2016-4448 CVE-2016-4449 mingw-libxml2: various flaws [fe2016-06-24
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1837 libxml2: Heap use-after-free in htmlPArsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral2016-05-23
CVE-2016-1837 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | Multiple use-after-free vulnerabili | cvebase.io