CVE-2016-2099 (GCVE-0-2016-2099)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
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Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-05-09 00:00
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