CVE-2016-2099 — Use After Free in Apache Xerces-c

CWE-416 — Use After Free13 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apache Xerces-cOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedMay 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML 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 Packages4 packages

▶Debianapache/xerces-c< 3.1.3+debian-2+3
▶Ubuntuapache/xerces-c< 3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1+1
▶NVDapache/xerces-c3.1.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-pgr8-2267-r79x: Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner↗2022-05-14
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OSV
xerces-c vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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CVEList
CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner↗2016-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner↗2016-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Xerces-C++ vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input↗2016-05-09
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Debian
CVE-2016-2099: xerces-c - Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C...↗2016
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2099 xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input [epel-6]↗2016-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2099 mingw-xerces-c: xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input [fedora-all]↗2016-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2099 xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input [fedora-all]↗2016-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2099 xerces-c27: xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input [fedora-all]↗2016-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2099 xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input↗2016-02-22
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