high
8.1
CWE
119
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-1762: Buffer Overflow

First published: Thu Mar 24 2016(Updated: )

A vulnerability was found in the libxml2 library. A heap-based buffer overread could happen in xmlNextChar. References: <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671</a> Upstream fix: <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602</a>

Credit: product-security@apple.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
debian/libxml2
2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u4
2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6
2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
Apple Safari<9.1
Apple iPhone OS<9.3
Apple Mac OS X<10.11.4
Apple tvOS<9.2
Apple watchOS<2.2
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=15.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Xmlsoft Libxml2<2.9.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=7.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=7.3
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=7.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.3
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.5
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=7.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=7.3
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
McAfee Web Gateway<=7.5.2.10
McAfee Web Gateway>7.5.2.11<=7.6.2.3

Remedy

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602

Remedy

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170

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