MGASA-2016-0263

Advisory lineage Upstream: 15 Downstream: 0
Published: 26 Jul 2016, 21:59
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jul 2016, 21:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 parsed certain crafted XML input. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application (CVE-2016-1834, CVE-2016-1840). Multiple denial of service flaws were found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, could cause that application to crash (CVE-2016-1762, CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1835, CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2016-4483, CVE-2016-4447, CVE-2016-4448, CVE-2016-4449). The libxml2 package has been updated to version 2.9.4, fixing these issues and other bugs.

Affected Systems

  • mageia•libxml2

    < 2.9.4-1.1.mga5

References (5)