PT-2016-2031 · Apple+6 · Tvos+9

Pjumde · Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2025-12-04 · CVE-2016-1834

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 is caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlStrncat function, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a 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

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1240

BDU:2016-01382

CESA-2016_1292

CVE-2016-1834

DLA-503-1

DSA-3593-1

MGASA-2016-0263

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1594-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1595-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10192-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10228-1

RHSA-2016:1292

RHSA-2016_1292

SUSE-SU-2016:1538-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

USN-2994-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Os X

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Ios

Libxml2

Tvos

Watchos

References · 217

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763071 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1838 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1834 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01383 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4447 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01274 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1833 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7375 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT206566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01376 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1836 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1833 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2073 · Security Note