CVE-2016-1762

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 24 Mar 2016, 01:00
Last modified:17 Dec 2025, 22:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
43/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
2.42% LOW
2% probability -6.16%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Mar 2016, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
17 Dec 2025, 22:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.42%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The 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.

  • CWE-122•Heap-based Buffer Overflow

    A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

Affected Systems

  • apple•iphone_os

    < 9.3

  • apple•mac_os_x

    < 10.11.4

  • apple•safari

    < 9.1

  • apple•tvos

    < 9.2

  • apple•watchos

    < 2.2

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • mcafee•web_gateway

    ≤ 7.5.2.10 | > 7.5.2.11, ≤ 7.6.2.3

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus

    7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0 | 7.0

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    < 2.9.4

References (22)