UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0729

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0729

    Published: 7 Apr 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0729, https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=145641008814590&w=2, http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txt, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0729

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xerces-c

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    3.1.1-3
    3.1.1-3ubuntu1
    3.1.1-4
    3.1.1-5
    3.1.1-5.1~build0.14.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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