vulnerability
OS X update for libxml2 (CVE-2016-4449)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jun 9, 2016 | Nov 11, 2016 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2016
Added
Nov 11, 2016
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Solutions
apple-osx-security-update-2016-004apple-osx-upgrade-10_11_6
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