PT-2016-2026 · Apple+6 · Ios+9
Mateusz Jurczyk
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Published
2016-05-20
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2016-1839
CVSS v2.0
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libxml2 versions prior to 2.9.4
Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3.2
OS X versions prior to 10.11.5
tvOS versions prior to 9.2.1
watchOS versions prior to 2.2.1
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document. It is also possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by exploiting the buffer overflow vulnerability in the libxml2 library using a specially crafted XML document.
Recommendations
For libxml2 versions prior to 2.9.4, update to version 2.9.4 or later.
For Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3.2, update to version 9.3.2 or later.
For OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later.
For tvOS versions prior to 9.2.1, update to version 9.2.1 or later.
For watchOS versions prior to 2.2.1, update to version 2.2.1 or later.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Out of bounds Read
Buffer Overflow
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Os X
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu
Ios
Libxml2
Tvos
Watchos