CVE-2016-1836

medium

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xmlDictComputeFastKey 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 cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

https://support.apple.com/HT206905

https://support.apple.com/HT206904

https://support.apple.com/HT206903

https://support.apple.com/HT206902

https://support.apple.com/HT206901

https://support.apple.com/HT206899

https://support.apple.com/HT206568

https://support.apple.com/HT206567

https://support.apple.com/HT206566

https://support.apple.com/HT206564

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=45752d2c334b50016666d8f0ec3691e2d680f0a0

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759398

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90691

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-20

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium