CVE-2016-0729: fedoraproject fedora

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0729 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 9.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 07-04-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.