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Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mingw64-libxml2  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-MINGW64LIBXML2-1937415
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 12 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-4658  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw64-libxml2 package and not the mingw64-libxml2 package as distributed by Centos.

xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

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