CVE-2016-4738 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow16 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.0
EPSS
5.9%
top 9.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
Xmlsoft LibxsltApple Iphone OSApple MAC OS X+8 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateFeb 12

Description

libxslt in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages12 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos< 10.0
▶NVDapple/watchos< 3.0
▶Appleapple/tvos10
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.12.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6r6p-3jh3-qx75: libxslt in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libxslt vulnerabilities↗2017-04-28
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OSV
CVE-2016-4738: libxslt in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10↗2016-09-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2025-0006 Informational Bulletin: Impact of OSS CVEs in PAN-OS↗2025-02-12
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Ubuntu
Libxslt vulnerabilities↗2017-04-28
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Red Hat
libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator↗2016-10-12
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Apple
CVE-2016-4738: macOS Sierra 10.12↗2016-09-20
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Apple
CVE-2016-4738: tvOS 10↗2016-09-13
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4738 libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator↗2016-10-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4738 libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator [fedora-all]↗2016-10-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4738 mingw-libxslt: libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator [fedora-all]↗2016-10-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4738 mingw-libxslt: libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator [epel-7]↗2016-10-26
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