CVE-2016-4483
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Insecure deserialization
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8Advisory