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CVE-2016-1839

CVE-2016-1839

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 7.3%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMay 20
1st PoCFeb 24
exploitation probability
7.3%top 6% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
The xmlDictAddString 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 cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/39491
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758605https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a820dbeac29d330bae4be05d9ecd939ad6b4aa33https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37https://support.apple.com/HT206564https://support.apple.com/HT206566