CVE-2016-4472 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-4472

The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with...

Vulnerability Description

The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

libexpat project

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Affected Software

libexpat, ubuntu linux, policy auditor, python
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 2.7.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0, 3.6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 30th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.