CVE-2016-1837
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Use-after-free
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions 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, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. 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/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlAdvisory