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Vulnerability details: VCID-b1ss-y8wt-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-b1ss-y8wt-aaac
Aliases CVE-2016-4472
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 3.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-4472.html
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0718
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4472
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
cvssv3 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3013-1
generic_textual Medium https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3013-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-4472.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4472.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4472
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344251
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0718
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4472
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/f0bec73b018caa07d3e75ec8dd967f3785d71bde
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3013-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3013-1
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91528
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3013-1
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:policy_auditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:policy_auditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
CVE-2016-4472 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
USN-3013-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3013-1/
USN-7199-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7199-1/
USN-USN-5455-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5455-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
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: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4472
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84605
EPSS Score 0.01155
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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