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CVE-2016-4472

high · 8.1

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.

8.1
CVSS
11.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2016-06-30
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
libexpat_projectlibexpat<= 2.1.1
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04
mcafeepolicy_auditor< 6.5.1
pythonpython>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.15
pythonpython>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.7
pythonpython>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.7
pythonpython>= 3.5.0, < 3.5.4
pythonpython>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.2

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References

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