CVE - CVE-2016-1839

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1839	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-3 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html BID:90691 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90691 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:http://xmlsoft.org/news.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758605 CONFIRM:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a820dbeac29d330bae4be05d9ecd939ad6b4aa33 CONFIRM:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206564 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206566 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206567 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206568 CONFIRM:https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 DEBIAN:DSA-3593 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-37 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:1292 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2957 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html SECTRACK:1035890 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890 SECTRACK:1038623 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 UBUNTU:USN-2994-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
Assigning CNA
Apple Inc.
Date Record Created
20160113	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160113)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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