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CVE-2016-1838

CVE-2016-1838

EPSS 6.6%
The xmlPArserPrintFileContextInternal function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.
Affected products
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public PoCs found — 1
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References
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=639https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758588https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=db07dd613e461df93dde7902c6505629bf0734e9https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37https://support.apple.com/HT206564