CVE-2016-4449
N/A
Published: June 9, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLIBXML2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
References (30)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVN
Source: [email protected]
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
Source: [email protected]
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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