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CVE-2016-4483
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…
High7.5EPSS 6.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.0% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- [oss-security] 20160503 CVE request: out-of-bounds read parsing an XML in libxml2 using recover mode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160504 Re: CVE request: out-of-bounds read parsing an XML in libxml2 using recover mode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c97750d11bb8b6f3303e7131fe526a61ac65bcfd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160607 Re: Please reject duplicate CVE for libxml2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 90013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3593 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160607 Please reject duplicate CVE for libxml2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2957 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-37 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1036348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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