vulnerability

F5 Networks: K14614344 (CVE-2016-1840): libxml2 vulnerability CVE-2016-1840

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2016-05-20
Added
2017-02-16
Modified
2019-05-05

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

Solution

f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
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