DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0729

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0729

    Published: 7 Apr 2016Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0729

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0729

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xerces-c

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xerces-c?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.3+debian-1

    Affected versions

    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