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Red Hat JBossEAP: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2016-0718)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2016-0718)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/17/2016
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.. An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Expat processed certain input. A remote attacker could send specially crafted XML that, when parsed by an application using the Expat library, would cause that application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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