Use After Free Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.8% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBXML2-429629
  • published20 May 2016
  • disclosed20 May 2016

Introduced: 20 May 2016

CVE-2016-1836  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libxml2 to version 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

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