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CVE-2016-4483 PUBLISHED

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 1.27% · 79.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.27%

79.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	libxml2	0, 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4, 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	libxml2	2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3, 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4, 0

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
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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

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