CVE-2016-4463 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Xerces-c

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
38.3%
top 2.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apache Xerces-cDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 8
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianapache/xerces-c< 3.1.3+debian-2.1+3
▶NVDapache/xerces-c3.1.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-vw73-mc59-g9mx: Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3↗2022-05-14
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OSV
xerces-c vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4463: Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3↗2016-07-08
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OSV
CVE-2016-4463: Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3↗2016-07-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Xerces-C++ vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD↗2016-06-29
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Debian
CVE-2016-4463: xerces-c - Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dep...↗2016
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4463 mingw-xerces-c: xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD [fedora-all]↗2016-06-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD [fedora-all]↗2016-06-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c27: xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD [fedora-all]↗2016-06-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD↗2016-06-22
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