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CVE-2016-4472
Published: Jun 30, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251
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USN-3013-1
vendor-advisory
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91528
vdb-entry
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GLSA-201701-21
vendor-advisory
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
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