The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Itunes | — | Upgrade Apple iTunes to the latest version | Dec 16, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Apple Osx Libxml2 | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply OS X security update 2016-004 | Nov 11, 2016 | Nov 11, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Jun 3, 2016 | Jun 2, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 28, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/libxml2. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-devel | Sep 12, 2019 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-python | Sep 25, 2019 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2-devel | Aug 16, 2019 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/python/libxml2-27 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/libxml2 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxsl-27 to version 1.1.28-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxsl-26 to version 1.1.28-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxml2-34 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/libxslt to version 1.1.28-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/python/libxml2-26 to version 2.9.4-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 3, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libxml2-docUpgrade libxml2-2-32bitUpgrade python-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-devel-32bitUpgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2-x86Upgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade libxml2-toolsUpgrade libxml2-2Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade python2-libxml2-pythonUpgrade python3-libxml2-pythonUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-32bit | Jun 9, 2016 | Jun 2, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Jun 6, 2016 | Jun 2, 2016 |
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