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CVE-2016-4658
published 2016-09-25

CVE-2016-4658: xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other products) does not…

PriorityP350critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
8.63%
94.4th percentile
xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleios
appleiphone_os< 10.010.0
applemac_os_x< 10.1210.12
applemacos_sierra
appletvos< 10.010.0
appletvos
applewatchos< 3.03.0
applewatchos_3
debianlibxml2< libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 (bookworm)libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 (bookworm)
googleandroid
nokogirinokogiri>= 0 < 1.7.11.7.1
xmlsoftlibxml2< 2.9.52.9.5
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.12.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.12.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.12.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.12.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.92.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.9
xmlsoftlibxml2>= 0 < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.22.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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