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Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libxml2  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU1704-LIBXML2-621051
  • published25 Sept 2016
  • disclosed25 Sept 2016
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Introduced: 25 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-4658  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.04.

NVD Description

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

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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