CVE - CVE-2016-1840

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1840	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) 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=757711 CONFIRM:https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=cbb271655cadeb8dbb258a64701d9a3a0c4835b4 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 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)
N/A
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