MGASA-2016-0263: libxml2 Mageia

Published
Published 26-07-2016Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2016-0263 is a vulnerability in libxml2 Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 15 · Downstream 0
CVE-2015-8806CVE-2016-1762CVE-2016-1833CVE-2016-1834CVE-2016-1835CVE-2016-1836

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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.

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EPSS trend

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CIRCL

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

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Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Mageia1 product
  • libxml2< 2.9.4-1.1.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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