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    CVE-2016-4483

    The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.

    Published:May 3, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Apr 11, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.0127
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Solaris
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services
    Vendor
    Xmlsoft
    Product
    Libxml2

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-586 Object Injection
    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
    https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c97750d11bb8b6f3303e7131fe526a61ac65bcfd
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
    https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
    https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c97750d11bb8b6f3303e7131fe526a61ac65bcfd
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
    https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High