VDB
CVE-2016-4483
CVE-2016-4483
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
EPSS 6.17% · 93.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
6.17%
93.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | libxml2 | 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu2, 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu3, 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libxml2 | 0, 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2, 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- May 3, 2016 CVE Published
- Oct 2, 2020 PoC Published
- Nov 6, 2020 PoC Published
- Sep 6, 2021 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4483 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2994-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4483 third-party-advisory