CVE-2016-1835

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 20 May 2016, 10:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.75% LOW
3% probability +0.18%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 May 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xmlSAX2AttributeNs function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2 and OS X before 10.11.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.75%• Percentile: 86%

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.

Affected Systems

  • apple•iphone_os

    ≤ 9.3.1

  • apple•mac_os_x

    ≤ 10.11.4

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

References (18)