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High severity · published Jun 9, 2016
CVE-2016-4449
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent…
7.1
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
through 2.9.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
Affected product
UL
Ubuntu Linux
Canonical
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4449
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4449
jvn.jp
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html
jvndb.jvn.jp
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
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