ghsa-855w-qg6f-ffh7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:07
Modified
2022-05-13 01:07
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-4472"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-06-30T17:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.",
  "id": "GHSA-855w-qg6f-ffh7",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:07:38Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:07:38Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10365"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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