Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions [,2.9.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBXML2-3004071
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 May 2016

CVE-2016-1840  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxml2 to version 2.9.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

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