Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libxml2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBXML2-622627
  • 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)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

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

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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