Published: 12/02/2016 Updated: 23/04/2020

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The htmlParseNameComplex function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted XML document.

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Several security issues were fixed in libxml2 ...

Debian Bug report logs - #823414 libxml2: CVE-2016-3705: stack overflow before detecting invalid XML file Package: src:libxml2; Maintainer for src:libxml2 is Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:09:02 UTC ...

Debian Bug report logs - #813613 libxml2: Heap-buffer overread in libxml2/dictc Package: src:libxml2; Maintainer for src:libxml2 is Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 17:30:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: ...

Debian Bug report logs - #812807 libxml2: CVE-2016-2073: out-of-bounds read in htmlParseNameComplex() Package: src:libxml2; Maintainer for src:libxml2 is Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:03:02 UTC Seve ...

Debian Bug report logs - #823405 libxml2: CVE-2016-4483 Package: src:libxml2; Maintainer for src:libxml2 is Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 12:33:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, upstream Foun ...

Debian Bug report logs - #819006 libxml2: CVE-2016-3627: stack exhaustion in libxml2 parsing xml files in recover mode Package: src:libxml2; Maintainer for src:libxml2 is Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 1 ...

The htmlParseNameComplex function in HTMLparserc in libxml2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted XML document ...

CWE-119 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/26/7 https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035011 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85267 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2994-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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