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CVE-2016-1840

CVE-2016-1840

EPSS 3.3%
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.
Affected products
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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://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757711https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=cbb271655cadeb8dbb258a64701d9a3a0c4835b4https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37https://support.apple.com/HT206564https://support.apple.com/HT206566