Critical severity · published Apr 7, 2016
CVE-2016-0729
Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote…
9.8
CVSS
9.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.1% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22; 23; 24 · source: NVD
XF
X14j Firmware · Samsung
t-ms14jakucb-1102.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0729
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0729
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html
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