CVE-2016-1834
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Memory corruption
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlStrncat function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90691Advisory