Name: CVE-2016-4478: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-4478, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.02265

Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade atheme-services	May 24, 2016	May 23, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade atheme-services	Dec 10, 2025	Dec 16, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade athemeUpgrade libathemecore1-debuginfoUpgrade libathemecore1Upgrade atheme-debugsourceUpgrade atheme-develUpgrade atheme-debuginfo	May 17, 2016	May 17, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade atheme-services	Nov 19, 2024	Jun 13, 2016

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CVSS Details

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