UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4472

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4472

    Published: 18 May 2016Last Modified: 28 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4472

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4472, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3013-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5455-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4472, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7199-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: coin3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/coin3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.1.4~abc9f50-3
    3.1.4~abc9f50-4
    3.1.4~abc9f50-4ubuntu2
    3.1.4~abc9f50-4ubuntu2+esm1
    3.1.4~abc9f50-4ubuntu2+esm2

    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