CVE-2016-1762

HIGH

8.1

CVSS Score

Published: March 24, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC

15 products affected across 6 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxiPhone OS

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Severity

HIGH8.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 6%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 9.3

Affected range stops below 9.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 10.11.4

Affected range stops below 10.11.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Safari · Apple

95%

v < 9.1

Affected range stops below 9.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

tvOS · Apple

95%

v < 9.2

Affected range stops below 9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

watchOS · Apple

95%

v < 2.2

Affected range stops below 2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

12.04 14.04 15.10 16.04

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

8.0

Web Gateway · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 7.5.2.107.5.2.11 < v ≤ 7.6.2.3

Enterprise Linux Desktop · Red Hatrubygems

95%

6.0 7.0

Enterprise Linux Server · Red Hatrubygems

95%

6.0 7.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references