CVE-2016-1762
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.1epss 6.5%
exploitation probability
6.5%top 7% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170https://support.apple.com/HT206166https://support.apple.com/HT206167