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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2016-1762
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2016-1762
Aliases
Summary The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 8.1
ssvc Track
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
https://support.apple.com/HT206168
https://support.apple.com/HT206169
https://support.apple.com/HT206171
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
1035353 Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
85059 Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85059
?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602 Other https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602
index?page=content&id=SB10170 Other https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
RHSA-2016:1292 Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
show_bug.cgi?id=759671 Other https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-17T22:04:28Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-17T22:04:28Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2016/1xxx/CVE-2016-1762.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2016-1762

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]