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Critical severity · published Jun 9, 2016
CVE-2016-4448
Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors
9.8
CVSS
7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)7.0% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
through 9.3.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
IF
Icewall Federation Agent · HP
3.0 · source: NVD
IC
Icloud · Apple
before 5.2.1 · source: NVD
IT
Itunes · Apple
through 12.4.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
through 2.9.3 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
6; 7 · source: NVD
Affected product
IO
iOS
Apple
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4448
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4448
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
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