CVE-2016-4449
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.66 % · percentile 77 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-5438
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-4449
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0499 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Nessus Network Monitor · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2020-AVI-420 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2019-AVI-014 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2017-AVI-012 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-239 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 2.9.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- https://support.cybozu.com/ja-jp/article/9735
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- 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://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206901
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90865
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206905
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
- https://support.apple.com/HT206902
- https://support.apple.com/HT206904
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709
- https://support.apple.com/HT206899
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |