CVE-2016-0729

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/oracle-critical-patch-update-for-october-contains-180-fixes

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2061

http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txt

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035113

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83423

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3